What is your favorite mnemonic?

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Boys Can Do Anything In School For Girls

One of the lines of the California Job Case (typesetting). It's gotta be a good mnemonic, because that's survived from 7th grade!

That'd be about 33 years.

RTFM (Read The [*ahem*] Freak'n Manual) is oft used in my line of work.

Roak

Ps. I first heard about the "id10t error" from NetDoc (in December) and he had me going for awhile -- I was thinking 10 baseT (heck, since he was a Networks guy)!
 
WOFTAM- Waste Of F'n Time And Money
DNFW- Do Not F--- With

On Old Olympus's Towering Tops A Finn And German Vended Some Hops

The medical folks should recognize that one. :)
 
A.V.P.U. ( for level of responsiveness ):

A. - Alert

V. - Verbal

P. - Pain

U. - Unresposive

A.M.P.L.E. ( patient interview questions ):

A. - Allergies

M. - Medications

P. - Past medical history

L. - Last ate

E. - Events ( what happened? )

R.E.D. ( Bleed control ):

R. - Rest

E. - Elevate

D. - Direct Pressure


B. L. B. ( when dealing with a potential B.L.E.V.E. ):

B.L.E.V.E. = Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion...




B.L.B. = Binoculars...Lawnchairs... & Beers


Ba-Deep Ba-Deep,

T.A.F.'S!

D.S.D.
 
Some

Say

Marilyn

Monroe

But

My

Brother

Says

Bridget

Bardot

My

My


Brians is the 12 Cranial nerves. Mine are their actions

S= Sensory
M= Motor
B= Both

TwoBit
 
Mine comes from boating (NOT PC)

True (true)
Virgins (variation)
Make (magnetic)
Dull (deviation)
Companions (compass)
Add (add west)
Wiskey

has to do with getting correct readings from your compass.

Don
 
-BlueHole- once bubbled...
Maybe is for my poor english, but I don't get what star wars bar scene does it mean...
Basically a bunch of people standing around on the deck of a typical dive boat wearing all manner of weird equipment configurations. It is an acronym used by a couple people to express their disdain at this phenomenon.
 
Surprised this one isn't up yet Maybe its just a cave thing.

The -(training)

Good - (guideline)

Diver - (depth)

Always - (air)

Lives - (lights)
 

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