What's the most useful list of stuff to memorize.

JonathanAnon

I've been reading a book about memorizing lists of stuff.. and I've managed to do Presidents of the US and the like but nothing that's useful... Bar you're sitting an exam where you just regurgitate stuff, is there any list of stuff that I could memorise and practically use...

And yes I was gonna put this on one of the other forums, but I thought the answers here would be more interesting... Start throwing your sponges now...

MrStuffins

The list of words that end in "-se".


Like "Memorise"

southcentralts

Try the phone book and we will see well you do with that.

kirving

Your times tables. Anyone who doesn't know them off by heart leaving school must find it tough to live, never mind do well in a quiz.

Sinfonia

Kevin Irving wrote: »

Your times tables. Anyone who doesn't know them off by heart leaving school must find it tough to live, never mind do well in a quiz.

I know of them..

soccymonster

Always thought name and address was a good one. Kept getting it wrong though so now have it written on all of my underwear.

Osmosis Jones

Id memorize all the names of all the Stormtroopers and the actors that played them in the Star Wars movies.

JonathanAnon

MrStuffins wrote: »

The list of words that end in "-se".
Like "Memorise"

I like to mix it up a bit... sometimes I use the 's', sometimes the 'z'.. that's my creative side.. :cool:

af_thefragile

The words in the Dictionary.

Tulipout

Lefty loosey, Righty tighty. Cant go wrong.

brummytom

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Bar you're sitting an exam where you just regurgitate stuff, is there any list of stuff that I could memorise and practically use...

Nope

mauzo

Periodic table of the elements
All the bones in the human body. And muscles...

Or if you're feeling really adventurous,
The alphabet backwards.

southcentralts

Periodic table of elements, rarely meet anyone who knows all them and I ask everybody I meet too.

Actually that is not a bad one, I accidently came up with a serious response in after hours. I'll turn in my username at the security desk in the lobby.

fortwilliam

The lyrics to "Rappers Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang, it will serve you well in life;


i said a hip hop the hippie the hippie
to the hiphip hop, a you dont stop
the rock it to the bang bang boogie say up jumpedthe boogie
to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat

now what you hearis not a test--i'm rappin to the beat
and me, the groove, and my friends aregonna try to move your feet
see i am wonder mike and i like to say hello
to the black, to the white, the red, and the brown, the purple and yellow
but first i gotta bang bang the boogie to the boogie
say up jump theboogie to the bang bang boogie
let's rock, you dont stop
rock the riddlethat will make your body rock
well so far youve heard my voice but i broughttwo friends along
and next on the mike is my man hank
come on, hank,sing that song

check it out, i'm the c-a-s-an-the-o-v-a
and the restis f-l-y
ya see i go by the code of the doctor of the mix
and thesereasons i'll tell ya why
ya see i'm six foot one and i'm tons of fun
andi dress to a t
ya see i got more clothes than muhammad ali and i dress soviciously
i got bodyguards, i got two big cars
that definitely aint thewack
i got a lincoln continental and a sunroof cadillac
so after school,i take a dip in the pool
which really is on the wall
i got a color tv soi can see
the knicks play basketball
hear me talkin bout checkbooks,credit cards
more money than a sucker could ever spend
but i wouldntgive a sucker or a bum from the rucker
not a dime til i made it again
yago hotel motel whatcha gonna do today (say what)
ya say im gonna get a flygirl gonna get some spankin
drive off in a def oj
everybody go, hotelmotel holiday inn
say if your girl starts actin up, then you take her friend
master gee, am I mellow
its on you so what you gonna do

wellit's on n on n on on n on
the beat dont stop until the break of dawn
isaid m-a-s, t-e-r, a g with a double e
i said i go by the unforgettable name
of the man they call the master gee
well, my name is known all over theworld
by all the foxy ladies and the pretty girls
i'm goin down inhistory
as the baddest rapper there could ever be
now i'm feelin thehighs and ya feelin the lows
the beat starts gettin into your toes
yastart poppin ya fingers and stompin your feet
and movin your body whileyoure sittin in your seat
and the damn ya start doin the freak
i saiddamn, right outta your seat
then ya throw your hands high in the air
yarockin to the rhythm, shake your derriere
ya rockin to the beat without acare
with the sureshot m.c.s for the affair
now, im not as tall as therest of the gang
but i rap to the beat just the same
i dot a little faceand a pair of brown eyes
all im here to do ladies is hypnotize
singin onn n on n on n on
the beat dont stop until the break of dawn
singin on nn on n on on n on
like a hot buttered a pop da pop da pop dibbie dibbie
pop da pop pop ya dont dare stop
come alive yall gimme what ya got
iguess by now you can take a hunch
and find that i am the baby of the bunch
'but that's okay i still keep in stride
cause all i'm here to do is justwiggle your behind
singin on n n on n on n on
the beat dont stop untilthe break of dawn
singin on n n on n on on n on
rock rock yall throw iton the floor
im gonna freak ya here im gonna feak ya there
im gonna moveyou outta this atmosphere
cause im one of a kind and ill shock your mind
ill put t-t-tickets in your behind
i said 1-2-3-4, come on girls get onthe floor
a-come alive, yall a-gimme what ya got
cause im guaranteed tomake you rock
i said 1-2-3-4 tell me wonder mike what are you waitin for?
i said a hip hop the hippie to the hippie
the hip hip hop, a you dontstop
the rock it to the bang bang boogie say up jumped the boogie
to therhythm of the boogie, the beat
skiddlee beebop a we rock a scoobie doo
and guess what america we love you
cause ya rock and ya roll with somuch soul
you could rock till you're a hundred and one years old
i dontmean to brag i dont mean to boast
but we like hot butter on our breakfasttoast
rock it up baby bubbah
baby bubbah to the boogie da bang bang daboogie
to the beat beat, its so unique
come on everybody and dance tothe beat



i said a hip hop the hippie the hippie
to the hiphip hop, a you dont stop
rock it out baby bubbah to the boogie da bang bang
the boogie to the boogie da beat

i said i cant wait til the end ofthe week
when im rappin to the rhythm of a groovy beat
and attempt toraise your body heat
just blow your mind so that you cant speak
and do athing but a rock and shuffle your feet
and let it change up to a dancecalled the freak
and when ya finally do come in to your rhythmic beat
rest a little while so ya dont get weak
i know a man named hank
hehas more rhymes than a serious bank
so come on hank sing that song
tothe rhythm of the boogie da bang bang da bong

well, im imp the dimp theladies pimp
the women fight for my delight
but im the grandmaster withthe three mcs
that shock the house for the young ladies
and when youcome inside, into the front
you do the freak, spank, and do the bump
andwhen the sucker mcs try to prove a point

we're treacherous trio, we'rethe serious joint
a from sun to sun and from day to day
i sit down andwrite a brand new rhyme
because they say that miracles never cease
i'vecreated a devastating masterpiece
i'm gonna rock the mike til you cantresist
everybody, i say it goes like this
well i was comin home late onedark afternoon
a reporter stopped me for a interview
she said she'sheard stories and she's heard fables
that i'm vicious on the mike and theturntables
this young reporter i did adore
so i rocked a vicious rhymelike i never did before
she said damn fly guy im in love with you
thecasanova legend must have been true
i said by the way baby what's your name
said i go by the name of lois lane
and you could be my boyfiend yousurely can
just let me quit my boyfriend called superman
i said he's afairy i do suppoose
flyin through the air in pantyhose
he may be verysexy or even cute
but he looks like a sucker in a blue and red suit
isaid you need a man who's got finesse
and his whole name across his chest
he may be able to fly all through the night
but can he rock a party tilthe early light
he cant satisfy you with his little worm
but i can bustyou out with my super sperm
i go do it, i go do it, i go do it, do it , doit
an i'm here an i'm there i'm big bang hank, im everywhere
just throwyour hands up in the air
and party hardy like you just dont care
let'sdo it dont stop yall a tick a tock yall you dont stop
go hotel motel whatyou gonna do today(say what)
im gonna get a fly girl gonna get some spankdrive off in a def oj
everybody go hotel motel holiday inn
you say ifyour girl starts actin up then you take her friend
i say skip, dive, whatcan i say
i cant fit em all inside my oj
so i just take half and bustthem out
i give the rest to master gee so he could shock the house
itwas twelve o'clock one friday night
i was rockin to the beat and feelin allright
everybody was dancin on the floor
doin all the things they neverdid before
and then this fly fly girl with a sexy lean
she came into thebar, she came into the scene
as she traveled deeper inside the room
allthe fellas checked out her white sasoons
she came up to the table, lookedinto my eyes
then she turned around and shook her behind
so i said tomyself, its time for me to release
my vicious rhyme i call my masterpiece
and now people in the house this is just for you
a little rap to makeyou boogaloo
now the group ya hear is called phase two
and let me tellya somethin we're a helluva crew
once a week we're on the street
justa-cuttin' the jams and making it free
for you to party ya got to have themovies
so we'll get right down and give you the groove
for you to danceyou gotta get hype
so we'll get right down for you tonight
now thesystem's on and the girls are there
ya definitely have a rockin affair
but let me tell ya somethin there's still one fact
that to have a partyya got to have a rap
so when the party's over you're makin it home
andtryin to sleep before the break of dawn
and while ya sleepin ya start todream
and thinkin how ya danced on the disco scene
my name appears inyour mind
yeah, a name you know that was right on time
it was phase twojust a doin a do
rockin ya down cause ya know we could
to the rhythm ofthe beat that makes ya freak
come alive girls get on your feet
to therhythm of the beat to the beat the beat
to the double beat beat that itmakes ya freak
to the rhythm of the beat that says ya go on
on n on intothe break of dawn
now i got a man comin on right now
he's guaranteed tothrow down
he goes by the name of wonder mike
come on wonder mike dowhat ya like

like a can of beer that's sweeter than honey
like amillionaire that has no money
like a rainy day that is not wet
like agamblin fiend that does not bet
like dracula with out his fangs
like theboogie to the boogie without the boogie bang
like collard greens that donttaste good
like a tree that's not made out of wood
like goin up and notcomin down
is just like the beat without the sound no sound
to the beatbeat, ya do the freak
everybody just rock and dance to the beat
have youever went over a friends house to eat
and the food just aint no good
imean the macaroni's soggy the peas are mushed
and the chicken tastes likewood
so you try to play it off like you think you can
by sayin thatyoure full
and then your friend says momma he's just being polite
heaint finished uh uh that's bull
so your heart starts pumpin and you think ofa lie
and you say that you already ate
and your friend says man there'splenty of food
so you pile some more on your plate
while the stinkyfoods steamin your mind starts to dreamin
of the moment that it's time toleave
and then you look at your plate and your chickens slowly rottin
into something that looks like cheese
oh so you say that's it i got toleave this place
i dont care what these people think
im just sittin heremakin myself nauseous
with this ugly food that stinks
so you bust outthe door while its still closed
still sick from the food you ate
andthen you run to the store for quick relief
from a bottle of kaopectate
and then you call your friend two weeks later
to see how he has been
and he says i understand about the food
baby bubbah but we're stillfriends
with a hip hop the hippie to the hippie
the hip hip a hop a youdont stop the rockin
to the bang bang boogie
say up jump the boogie tothe rhythm of the boogie the beat
i say hank can ya rock
can ya rock tothe rhythm that just dont stop
can ya hip me to the shoobie doo
i saidcome on
i go to the halls and then ring the bell
because i am the manwith the clientele
and if ya ask me why i rock so well
a big bang, i gotclientele
and from the time i was only six years old
i never forgot whati was told
it was the best advice that i ever had
it came from my wisedear old dad
he said sit down punk i wanna talk to you
and dont say aword until i'm through
now there's a time to laugh a time to cry
a timeto live and a time to die
a time to break and a time to chill
to actcivilized or act real ill
but whatever ya do in your lifetime
ya neverlet a mc steal your rhyme
so from sixty six til this very day
ill alwaysremember what he had to say
so when the sucker mcs try to chump my style
i let them know that i'm versatile
i got style finesse and a littleblack book
that's filled with rhymes and i know you wanna look
butthere's a thing that separates you from me
and that's called originality
because my rhymes are on from what you heard
i didnt even bite and not agod d--m word
and i say a little more later on tonight
so the suckermc's can bite all night
a tick a tock yall a beat beat yall
a lets rockyall ya dont stop
ya go hotel motel whatcha gonna do today (say what)
yasay im gonna get a fly girl gonna get some spankin
drive off in a def oj
everybody go hotel motel holiday inn
ya say if your girl starts actin upthen you take her friends
a like that yall to the beat yall
beat beatyall ya dont stop
a master gee am I mellow?
its on you so whatcha gonnado

well like johnny carson on the late show
a like frankie croker instereo
well like the barkay's singin holy ghost
the sounds to throw downthey're played the most

its like my man captain sky
whose name heearned with his super sperm
we rock and we dont stop
get off yall imhere to give you whatcha got
to the beat that it makes you freak
andcome alive girl get on your feet
a like a perry mason without a case
like farrah fawcett without her face

like the barkays on the mike
like gettin right down for you tonight
like movin your body so ya dontknow how
right to the rhythm and throw down

like comin alive to themaster gee
the brother who rocks so viciously
i said the age of one mylife begun
at the age of two i was doin the do
at the age of three itwas you and me
rockin to the sounds of the master gee
at the age of fouri was on the floor
givin all the freaks what they bargained for
at theage of five i didnt take no jive
with the master gee its all the way live
at the age of six i was a pickin up sticks
rappin to the beat my stickwas fixed
at the age of seven i was rockin in heaven dontcha know i went off
i got right on down to the beat you see
gettin right on down makin allthe girls
just take of their clothes to the beat the beat
to the doublebeat beat that makes you freak
at the age of eight i was really great
cause every night you see i had a date
at the age of nine i was right ontime
cause every night i had a party rhyme
goin on n n on n on on n on
the beat dont stop until the break of dawn
a sayin on n n on n on on non...
like a hot buttered de pop de pop de pop
a saying on n n on n onon n on
cause i'm a helluva man when i'm on the mike
i am the definatefeast delight
cause i'm a helluva man when i'm on the mike
i am thedefinate feast delight
come to the master gee you see
the brother whorocks so viciously

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKTUAESacQM

Cookie_Monster

All the route numbers and destinations for Dublin bus

Pedant

A to Z I imagine.

Optimalprimerib

Kevin Irving wrote: »

Your times tables. Anyone who doesn't know them off by heart leaving school must find it tough to live, never mind do well in a quiz.

I was always really good at them except for the 9 times table. I refused to revise that because I didn't like the number 9

the groutch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vbd3E6tK2U

im invisible

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

All the route numbers and destinations for Dublin bus

thats... actually probably quite usefull.

Found out the other day theres only 88 constellations, should be pretty easy to memorise, might impress someone if you could point them out in the sky... although i dont even know the signs of the zodiac. But i could point out Betelgeuse

Optimalprimerib wrote: »

I was always really good at them except for the 9 times table. I refused to revise that because I didn't like the number 9

it was 7 for me, theres just something odd about it,

im invisible

These arn't useful at all, but how about the states and state capitals of the US? Or the countries of Africa

Ive tried to learn pi to 50 places 3.14159265358979323846264338327950... thats about 30 off the top of my head and im sure theres mistakes

danniemcq

surely in this day and age all you have to remember is

www.google.com

im invisible

Bread
milk
ham
cheese
butter
tea-bags
corn flakes
...

Skerries

the phonetic alphabet I find is useful
it's better than people saying M is for mammy or S is for slut

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet

im invisible

A is for Apple, B is for Ball, C is for Cat..

Cookie_Monster

im invisible wrote: »

A is for Apple, B is for Ball, C is for Cat..

A is for arse, B is for ballsack, C is for cunt...

biko

Prime numbers

3.1415 9265 3589 7932 3846 2643 3832 7950 2884 1971 6939 9375 1058 2097 4944 5923 0781 6406 2862 0899 8628 0348 2534 2117 0679

All your forefathers and mothers names.

danniemcq

biko wrote: »

Prime numbers

3.1415 9265 3589 7932 3846 2643 3832 7950 2884 1971 6939 9375 1058 2097 4944 5923 0781 6406 2862 0899 8628 0348 2534 2117 0679

All your forefathers and mothers names.

forefathers?

thats a messed up family life...


sorry

SouthTippBass

Learn all your your scales, chord shapes, modes and common chord changes. :cool:

See Ye

JonathanAnon wrote: »

here any list of stuff that I could memorise and practically use...

Phone numbers of friends and family etc. I'm pretty sure there are a host of folk I'd lose contact with if I lost my mobile.

rain on

All the rivers in Ireland, where they rise and where they flow into the sea.

Useful for impressing primary school teachers, as far as I remember.

Yeh definitely the periodic table is good to know as is the phonetic alphabet. I used to know both of them but haven't needed to use them in so long that I've forgotten.

For quizzes, things that are good are....
FA Cup/Champions League/world cup etc finals, teams and scores. Top goal scorers. Missed penalty takers etc.
Rugby/GAA final point scorers.
Eurovision winners/Irish entries.
F1 teams and winners.
Countries flags.
Capital cities.
Major geographical information, highest mountain, longest river etc.

Loads of crap you can learn!

kumate_champ07

Optimalprimerib wrote: »

I was always really good at them except for the 9 times table. I refused to revise that because I didn't like the number 9

theres a pattern of +1,-1
18 1+1, 8-1 =27
81 8+1, 1-1 =90
its strange how its never mentioned

9x27=?
(27x10)-27

CardBordWindow

Other people's credit card numbers and expiry dates.

CardBordWindow

CardBordWindow wrote: »

Other people's credit card numbers and expiry dates.

And CVV numbers obviously

CardBordWindow

Deleted User wrote: »

And CVV numbers obviously

But then you could take money from their accounts!! :eek:








:pac:

Pherekydes

Bad boys rape our young girls, but Violet gives willingly.

Richard of York gave battle in vain.

All cows eat grass.

Every good boy deserves fun.

El Guapo!

southcentralts wrote: »

Periodic table of elements, rarely meet anyone who knows all them and I ask everybody I meet too.

You must be the life and soul of every party!

Bell Butter

JonathanAnon wrote: »

I've been reading a book about memorizing lists of stuff.. and I've managed to do Presidents of the US and the like but nothing that's useful... Bar you're sitting an exam where you just regurgitate stuff, is there any list of stuff that I could memorise and practically use...

And yes I was gonna put this on one of the other forums, but I thought the answers here would be more interesting... Start throwing your sponges now...

A shopping list horse, I go shopping and forget loads of stuff.

CardBordWindow

Pherekydes wrote: »

Bad boys rape our young girls, but Violet gives willingly.

Richard of York gave battle in vain.

All cows eat grass.

Every good boy deserves fun.

what the hell is the raping one about?
I know the others are the colours of the rainbow, and treble clef notation.

RedXIV

Spectacles, Testicles, Wallet and Watch.

or for me, I usually sub in my phone for my lack of spectacles.

Always do this check before you leave anywhere

shahalam

If you remember all the lyrics above, your crazy. That is soo long!

Tabnabs

Up the bum, no harm done.
Up the gicker, it's far quicker.

Aglomerado

CardBordWindow wrote: »

what the hell is the raping one about?
I know the others are the colours of the rainbow, and treble clef notation.

Raping one is about the colours of different electrical resistors.

I remember this one from JC Science.

alabandical

Countries of the world and their capitals.

www.sporcle.com do great quizzes to test your knowledge on the like of these.

Kolido

See Ye wrote: »

Phone numbers of friends and family etc. I'm pretty sure there are a host of folk I'd lose contact with if I lost my mobile.

I'm assuming you dont use facebook.

wilkie2006

Your girlfriends' names.

im invisible

wilkie2006 wrote: »

Your girlfriends' names.

i just go out with girls called Kate, makes it a whole lot easier:cool:

Merkin

The World's countries and their capitals
World currencies

Always handy for table quizzes!

Stiffler2

I have already memorised a list that can include thousands of numbers.

eg - 1 , 2, 3, 4 , 5 , 6


I can go right up to a few quadrillion so beat that

Crooked Jack

the back of your hand

Davidius

Kevin Irving wrote: »

Your times tables. Anyone who doesn't know them off by heart leaving school must find it tough to live, never mind do well in a quiz.

Are you serious? They can make calculations quicker if you've memorised them but only knowing a couple won't be a huge detriment to your existence.