What is the most useless thing you have memorized? (1 Viewer)

[PIK95]

Paul Revere, up up down down, Loaf of bread, gallon of milk, and a stick a buttah, 1877 cars for kids, Every Austin Powers quote and so much more.

Does this contain anything liquid, fragile, or potentially hazardous?

 

[PIK95]

I typically forget other people's names almost instantly - moments after we've been introduced - much to my embarrassment over the years. When I'm out with my wife she'll often whisper people's names to me as we walk around a party, knowing that I'm drawing blanks. However, for every world cup since 1982, I can name the host country, winner, runner-up and for most the top scorer and some odd fact from the tournament like Zidane's headbutt in Germany, Suarez handball in S. Africa, Schumacher punching Battiston in Spain or Ronaldo's haircut in Japan.

The bolded is so me…

Ditto

 

[PIK95]

"Max! Follow that frog. Max! Follow that frog, with me in the car." Sorry boss I just got excited.

 

[El Floppo]

Oh yeah-ah....Crasha banga booma

 

[Zow]

Big Mac McDLT a quarter pounder with some cheese filet o fish a hamburger cheeseburger happy meal mcnuggets tasty golden fries regular or larger size and salad chef or garden or a chicken salad oriental big big breakfast egg mcmuffin hotcakes sausage maybe biscuits bacon egg and cheese a sausage danish hash browns too.

What is this from? I only remember "BIg Mac filet o' fish quarter pounder French fries, icy Coke thick shakes sundaes and apple pies".

Skee-Lo

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Ricky Tikki song. It’s kryptonite to mockers everywhere

 

[PIK95]

These are both from children's books that I remember as a child:

Tikki Tikki Tembo
No Sa Rembo
Chari Bari Ruchi
Pip Peri Pembo

I also memorized this story, mostly the last part that is bolded:

Once upon a time there lived a king who had three sons. The name of the first was Skrat, the name of the second Skratskratterat, and the name of the third Skratskratteratskratskrirumskrat.
Not far away lived another king who had three daughters. The name of the first was Sip, the name of the second Sipsippernip, and the name of the third Sipsippernipsipsirumsip.
One day, these two kings decided that their children should be married. Skrat got Sip, Skratskratterat got Sipsippernip, and Skratskratteratskratskrirumskrat got Sipsippernipsipsirumsip. And they lived happily ever after!

And this song from grade school. I can still remember singing it in music class. I had to look it up to see if the lyrics matched what I remembered (they did). Apparently it's a folk song from Ghana. I have no idea why they decided to teach it to a bunch of suburban Chicago 3rd graders in 1978.

Che che koolay (echo)
Che che kofee sa (echo)
Kofee salanga (echo)
Kaka shee langa (echo)
Koom ma-dye-day (echo)

rikki tikki tavi for me.

 

[PIK95]

Big Mac McDLT a quarter pounder with some cheese filet o fish a hamburger cheeseburger happy meal mcnuggets tasty golden fries regular or larger size and salad chef or garden or a chicken salad oriental big big breakfast egg mcmuffin hotcakes sausage maybe biscuits bacon egg and cheese a sausage danish hash browns too.

What is this from? I only remember "BIg Mac filet o' fish quarter pounder French fries, icy Coke thick shakes sundaes and apple pies".

Skee-Lo

I wish.

 

[PIK95]

RBI Baseball, Backyardigans songs, Toys R US 80's commercials, especially the one that sounded like Boston, Strawberry Shortcake Purple Pie man theme, all kinds of TV jingles really. It never stops. This Week in Baseball...

 

[zamboni]

RBI Baseball, Backyardigans songs, Toys R US 80's commercials, especially the one that sounded like Boston, Strawberry Shortcake Purple Pie man theme, all kinds of TV jingles really. It never stops. This Week in Baseball...

Time for this week's TWIB notes, from around the National League.

 

[BobbyLayne]

black, brown, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, voilet, grey, white

In Basic Electronics school, it was:

Bad Boys Ravage Only Young Girls,
But Violet Gives Willingly

Guess there weren’t many female techs back then.

 

[lsutigers]

When I was 13 and working at my neighborhood gas station (cash, under the table, it was Louisiana), I would escape the tyrant owner by staying in the walk in cooler reorganizing drinks, to pass time I memorized the Budweiser scroll "This is the famous Budweiser beer. We know of no other brand produced by any other brewer that costs so much to brew and age. . ."

It was a fun party trick in high school and college but quite useless now.

 

[belljr]

RBI Baseball, Backyardigans songs, Toys R US 80's commercials, especially the one that sounded like Boston, Strawberry Shortcake Purple Pie man theme, all kinds of TV jingles really. It never stops. This Week in Baseball...

Time for this week's TWIB notes, from around the National League.

How ABout That

 

[BobbyLayne]

Not sure this qualifies as useless per se as I don’t think the Bible is useless (YMMV). But, I participated in HS in essentially Bible Trivia on a team. I had the entire book of Titus memorized and could quote the whole thing for years. It’s one of the more lesser known books and a letter from Paul to Titus about the church.

Our current sermon series is on Titus, great short epistle. Wifey is a Navigator alumni, she has committed hundreds of verses to memory. She does a weekly zoom call with some girlfriends where they memorize entire chapters.

If I can’t remember where something is I’ll give her half a verse, paraphrased - and she always knows the chapter & verse.

But I beat her / her team in Trivial Pursuit on the regular; pretty sure I hold the household championship belt for truly useless info.

 

[Snoopy]

RBI Baseball, Backyardigans songs, Toys R US 80's commercials, especially the one that sounded like Boston, Strawberry Shortcake Purple Pie man theme, all kinds of TV jingles really. It never stops. This Week in Baseball...

Useless trivia: The music used in TWIB was borrowed from a 1970s game show of Jackpot.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I typically forget other people's names almost instantly - moments after we've been introduced - much to my embarrassment over the years. When I'm out with my wife she'll often whisper people's names to me as we walk around a party, knowing that I'm drawing blanks. However, for every world cup since 1982, I can name the host country, winner, runner-up and for most the top scorer and some odd fact from the tournament like Zidane's headbutt in Germany, Suarez handball in S. Africa, Schumacher punching Battiston in Spain or Ronaldo's haircut in Japan.

The bolded is so me…

Ditto

Even worse, I can remember the names of pets of people I only know on the internet. Real people's names- not at all.

 

[Pipes]

Hickory, Dickory, Dock...

Old Mother Hubbard...

Have a bunch of these, both the clean and Dice Clay versions, memorized

 

[El Floppo]

I typically forget other people's names almost instantly - moments after we've been introduced - much to my embarrassment over the years. When I'm out with my wife she'll often whisper people's names to me as we walk around a party, knowing that I'm drawing blanks. However, for every world cup since 1982, I can name the host country, winner, runner-up and for most the top scorer and some odd fact from the tournament like Zidane's headbutt in Germany, Suarez handball in S. Africa, Schumacher punching Battiston in Spain or Ronaldo's haircut in Japan.

The bolded is so me…

Ditto

Even worse, I can remember the names of pets of people I only know on the internet. Real people's names- not at all.

Pets and kids names I remember. Never the owners and parents.

 

[zamboni]

RBI Baseball, Backyardigans songs, Toys R US 80's commercials, especially the one that sounded like Boston, Strawberry Shortcake Purple Pie man theme, all kinds of TV jingles really. It never stops. This Week in Baseball...

Useless trivia: The music used in TWIB was borrowed from a 1970s game show of Jackpot.

Mind blown - that's extremely useful rather than useless.

- YouTube

Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.

www.youtube.com

 

[belljr]

why are all the youtube links come up in German?

 

[Gatorade]

I typically forget other people's names almost instantly - moments after we've been introduced - much to my embarrassment over the years. When I'm out with my wife she'll often whisper people's names to me as we walk around a party, knowing that I'm drawing blanks. However, for every world cup since 1982, I can name the host country, winner, runner-up and for most the top scorer and some odd fact from the tournament like Zidane's headbutt in Germany, Suarez handball in S. Africa, Schumacher punching Battiston in Spain or Ronaldo's haircut in Japan.

The bolded is so me…

Ditto

Even worse, I can remember the names of pets of people I only know on the internet. Real people's names- not at all.

I remember things so much easier when I see them as opposed to hearing them.

 

[nirad3]

When I was 13 and working at my neighborhood gas station (cash, under the table, it was Louisiana), I would escape the tyrant owner by staying in the walk in cooler reorganizing drinks, to pass time I memorized the Budweiser scroll "This is the famous Budweiser beer. We know of no other brand produced by any other brewer that costs so much to brew and age. . ."

It was a fun party trick in high school and college but quite useless now.

Back in college (mid-90's) I was "asked" to memorize the back label of a bottle of Yukon Jack.... all while finishing the bottle with 2 of my cohorts. Despite the tail end of that feat getting a little interesting, I can still rattle that off quite easily.

 

[steelerfan1]

RBI Baseball, Backyardigans songs, Toys R US 80's commercials, especially the one that sounded like Boston, Strawberry Shortcake Purple Pie man theme, all kinds of TV jingles really. It never stops. This Week in Baseball...

Useless trivia: The music used in TWIB was borrowed from a 1970s game show of Jackpot.

Mind blown - that's extremely useful rather than useless.

- YouTube

Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.

www.youtube.com

That music and seeing Dave Parker throw that dart to home from right field...Ah, what a simpler time...

 

[beer 30]

Memorizing almost every lyric to every 80's hair metal band ever. I say almost because it was the 80's, it was hair metal and I wasn't particularly concerned with lyrics at the time.

 

[HomerSimpson]

I memorized how black holes are formed and try to impress girls... it's useless. String Theory does not work either.

 

[wlwiles]

Hickory, Dickory, Dock...

Old Mother Hubbard...

Have a bunch of these, both the clean and Dice Clay versions, memorized

I know the Dice Clay versions, plus George Carlin's 7 words you can't say on TV

 

[Leroy Hoard]

why are all the youtube links come up in German?

It all started back when we allowed the Germans to bomb Pearl Harbor.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I still know "The Birds and the Bees" by Benny Hill.

 

[Gally]

Yesterday, I happened across a picture of the Greatest American Hero online. I am sure there are plenty of old timers here who will recognize the short lived TV show from the early 80's. Well I immediately broke into song..."Look at what's happened to me. I can't believe it myself. Suddenly I'm up on top of the world. Should have been somebody else. Believe it or not..." I sang the whole freaking song and I haven't seen or heard anything related to this show for decades. I am sure most of us find that we remember song lyrics from our past, but I was curious as to what other useless tidbits people have memorized, maybe without even realizing it. I still have many phone numbers from my youth memorized which are completely useless and haven't been needed for years. I still have Macbeth's monologue after he learns of Lady Macbeth's suicide (Act V scene 5) memorized from my high school days 40ish years ago. Thanks for that Mr. C. I am not sure why we were required to memorize it, but it is still in there. Odd when I have trouble remembering what I had for lunch yesterday.

So what do you got? What is the most useless thing still carried around in your brain?

This is a great one and a possible entrant for me as I, too, have the entire Greatest American Hero theme song memorized. The Love Boat theme song (also memorized) might give it a run for its money.

This is what I think of when I hear that song:

Believe it or not, George, isn't at home, please leave a mes-saaage at the beep. I must be out or I'd pick up
the pho-one. Where could I be? Believe it or not, I'm not hooome.

 

[zamboni]

I still know "The Birds and the Bees" by Benny Hill.

That’s impressive - could never understand a word he sang.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I still know "The Birds and the Bees" by Benny Hill.

That’s impressive - could never understand a word he sang.

I have English parents, and I'm good with accents. He sounds normal to me.

 

[Kanil]

Two came to mind after reading some of your's.

First is the mnemonic that I used to memorize officer ranks when I was in bootcamp for the AF:
Some Freaking Commies May Like Chicken But Most Like Grits

Second is:
White-green, green, white-orange, blue, white-blue, orange, white-brown, brown which is the standard order we used to make cat5 cables back in the day.

 

[bigbottom]

Yesterday, I happened across a picture of the Greatest American Hero online. I am sure there are plenty of old timers here who will recognize the short lived TV show from the early 80's. Well I immediately broke into song..."Look at what's happened to me. I can't believe it myself. Suddenly I'm up on top of the world. Should have been somebody else. Believe it or not..." I sang the whole freaking song and I haven't seen or heard anything related to this show for decades. I am sure most of us find that we remember song lyrics from our past, but I was curious as to what other useless tidbits people have memorized, maybe without even realizing it. I still have many phone numbers from my youth memorized which are completely useless and haven't been needed for years. I still have Macbeth's monologue after he learns of Lady Macbeth's suicide (Act V scene 5) memorized from my high school days 40ish years ago. Thanks for that Mr. C. I am not sure why we were required to memorize it, but it is still in there. Odd when I have trouble remembering what I had for lunch yesterday.

So what do you got? What is the most useless thing still carried around in your brain?

This is a great one and a possible entrant for me as I, too, have the entire Greatest American Hero theme song memorized. The Love Boat theme song (also memorized) might give it a run for its money.

This is what I think of when I hear that song:

Believe it or not, George, isn't at home, please leave a mes-saaage at the beep. I must be out or I'd pick up
the pho-one. Where could I be? Believe it or not, I'm not hooome.

Such a good episode!

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Yesterday, I happened across a picture of the Greatest American Hero online

The mother of William Katt is Barbara Hale--Della Street on "Perry Mason".

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Presidents memorized from 1-46

-This started as a child, they hung up around the class room when I was in Pre-K or Kindergarten and I used to just stare at them and after a while I could recite them in order
At the time there were only 39 of them, soon to be 40 and now there are 46 but it's not hard to add the final 6 since I lived thru all of them.

I have never really needed to know this
And that's just one example, I'm sure others have many and I could get into songs and shows and all that stuff.

 

[parasaurolophus]

I can sing every word of california here i come.

And much to my wifes dismay I often incorporate lines of it into conversation.

I can also easily list about 50 phone numbers from high school days. Friends, local businesses, family, etc. almost all defunct

I do enjoy that one of my best friends phone numbers is now the local chinese carryout joint.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

1,2,3…4…..5,6,7,8,9……10,11…tweeeelve!

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

For a HS senior year speech class I memorized the 7 and a half minute "11:00 News" bit from the George Carlin album "FM & AM" which included Al Sleet - you hippy dippy weatherman and Biff Barf who was "picking up all the sports and barfin' right back at cha"

 

[BobbyLayne]

Baseball records

• Ty Cobb .367 (research changed to .366)
• Ty Cobb 4191 (broken & lowered by 2)
• Babe Ruth 714 (broken)
• Maury Wills 104 (broken)
• Cy Young 511 (will never be broken)
• Walter Johnson 3508 (broken)

That’s just scratching the surface. Got scores of obsolete records stored.

For what? Could probably stand a capacity upgrade in my temporal lobes. Delete the baseball stat connections & everything would be more efficient.

I don’t even like baseball anymore…

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I don’t even like baseball anymore…

Maybe this will help.

One of my favorite sports moments.

 

[dickey moe]

The alphabet backwards.

 

[Jayrod]

Blue-Orange-Green-Brown-Slate paired with White-Red-Black-Yellow-Violet to form a 25 pair telephone cable count.

I worked 3 summers on a telephone cutover crew while in college. Climbed poles and spliced copper wires. That job motivated me to finish college and get a desk job.

Now copper cables are nearly obsolete as everything is either cellular or fiber optical lines.

 

[Bracie Smathers]

The Object of my Affection
The object of my affection can change my complexation from white to rosy red...

 

[Hawks64]

Orange white, orange, green white, blue, blue white, green, brown white, brown.

 

[rockaction]

I was just saying that knowing the lyrics to “Home Sweet Home” and other ballads by Mötley Crüe vs. having memorized Shakespeare sonnets is clearly a self-education foul. I should be ejected from the game for something that flagrant.

 

[Mister CIA]

Baseball records

• Ty Cobb .367 (research changed to .366)
• Ty Cobb 4191 (broken & lowered by 2)
• Babe Ruth 714 (broken)
• Maury Wills 104 (broken)
• Cy Young 511 (will never be broken)
• Walter Johnson 3508 (broken)

That’s just scratching the surface. Got scores of obsolete records stored.

For what? Could probably stand a capacity upgrade in my temporal lobes. Delete the baseball stat connections & everything would be more efficient.

I don’t even like baseball anymore…

Roy Face 18‐1
Bill Campbell 17-5

Vada Pinson 2757

 

[GoBirds]

The code for endless lives in Contra. Up down up down left right left right A B A B select start?

 

[Kanil]

The code for endless lives in Contra. Up down up down left right left right A B A B select start?

Up up down down left right left right b a start

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote....


I don't still remember the whole thing, but at least half of it just sitting there taking up brain space for the rest of my life for absolutely no benefit.

 

[GoBirds]

The code for endless lives in Contra. Up down up down left right left right A B A B select start?

Up up down down left right left right b a start

Man, I’m slipping!