On Sun, 18 May 1997 18:45:46 PDT Dennis <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>One color scheme is the electronic industry associations:
>
>0  Black             5  Green
>1  Brown           6  Blue
>2  Red               7  Violet
>3  Orange          8  Grey
>4  Yellow          9  White
>
>The rather rotten jingle that helps to remember this that I learned
>is:
>
>Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly
 
During World War II, the Navy electronics technicians had the same six
words to start the mnemonic, but the last four were "Behind Victory
Garden Walls".
 
How many of you remember "Victory Gardens?"  For that matter, how many
remember WWII?
>:(
>
>Anybody got a better one?
>Dennis Morefield
>Sideline Beekeeper, Oregon, USA
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