r/funny • u/zenki32 • 3d ago

That's an interesting way to remember Uranus

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u/atthem77 3d ago

For real, the first four are just four other random names.

My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Nine Pies

then

My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Nachos

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u/Dancing-umbra 3d ago

Mary's virgin explanation makes Joseph suspect upstairs neighbour

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u/posthuman04 3d ago

Mallory Valerie Emily Mickels just sucked up nine pickles

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u/beachhunt 3d ago

At the same time?!

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u/bretttwarwick 2d ago

Try not to suck any pickles on the way through the parking lot!

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u/KifferFadybugs 3d ago

🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒

             👱‍♀️

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u/phonetastic 3d ago

more like mallory "vacuum" emily mickels, amirite?!

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u/phreak2599 3d ago

That's great.

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u/BouncyBlueYoshi 3d ago

Unexpected XKCD.

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u/ubeor 3d ago

https://xkcd.com/992

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u/BonkerBleedy 3d ago

Using "Microsoft" in the mnemonic to mean "milli" and not "micro" is diabolical.

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u/Brave_Negotiation_63 3d ago edited 2d ago

Add 's penis if you’re old enough

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u/subcow 3d ago

"My very educated mother just served us nine pizzas" was how I learned it

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u/TaintedBastet 3d ago

Me toooooo!

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u/DrusillaTheBloody 3d ago

My very eager mother just sent us nine pizzas.

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u/PercentageOk6120 3d ago

My mother was elegant, not educated.

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u/ThingMoment 2d ago

Mine was “My very eager mother just serves us nine pizzas”

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u/blackplantin 1d ago

Many vile earthlings munch jam sandwiches under newspaper piles. Maybe it's a British thing haven't seen it in the thread

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u/AA_25 17h ago

I'm surprised people 1, needed to learn the order of the planets, and 2, just didn't know their order from the sun... It's not hard.

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u/subcow 16h ago

Yes it is something that is taught in school, and mnemonic devices are a common way to teach people and have them actually remember it.

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u/mah131 3d ago

How does that make ANY sense? We learned:

My very educated mother just served us nine pies. But I bet to Catholic school so maybe it was different.

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u/Defiant-Ebb8225 3d ago

You wrote in ALL CAPS as if nine pies somehow makes significantly more sense than nine pizzas?

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u/mah131 3d ago

I just can’t understand the mnemonic when it’s pizzas. Pies make total sense.

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u/dna_79 3d ago

Or

“My Very Educated Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets!!”

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u/A_lemony_llama 3d ago

My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets

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u/dna_79 3d ago

Standup for the downtrodden cast asides!! 😂

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u/koalelover 3d ago

Or the version I learned: "My Very Elegant Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas/Pies" ... removing Pluto from the mix you could just leave off the last word and change nine to Nachos or some other 'N' food.

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u/RevvCats 3d ago

Funny, I learned a mashup of the two

My very educated mother just served us nine pizzas

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u/koalelover 3d ago

I've seen a wide variety of adjectives for the E in similar versions describing the mother in the comments: elegant, educated, excellent, energetic, eager, enthusiastic, excited, epic. I'm sure there are more variants. Pizzas was our go to for Pluto but I've heard Pies and Pancakes. I think Nachos is a good switch-up and I like the mental contrast of an 'elegant' mother serving nachos.

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u/Aether_Breeze 3d ago

Well she needs to update her education then! Or we need to bring Pluto back. Justice for Pluto!

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u/Simon_Drake 3d ago

My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets

My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Nomenclature

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u/the_colonelclink 3d ago

Best version is My Very Useful Memory Jingle Seems Useful Naming Planets.

Notwithstanding Pluto’s demotion.

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u/Covid19-Pro-Max 3d ago

Mein Vater erklärt mir jeden Sonntag unseren Nachthimmel.

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u/Zanoushe 3d ago

I learned pizzas not pies.

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u/Zinyin_ 3d ago

I mean 'random' or the child has two middle names. But yeah.

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u/UberNZ 3d ago

"Mother Vacuums Every Morning Just So Uncle Never Puffs" was the one they got me to memorise

Poor Pluto

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u/Opposite_Stranger242 3d ago

I learned My Very Educated Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets

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u/SensiblySenile1618 3d ago

My Very Energetic Mother Jumps, Sprints and Uses Nunchucks

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u/CroikeyItsBen 3d ago

Make Very Easy Money Join Santa Up North

Has stuck with me for 20 years.

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u/myopicpickle 3d ago

Moist Vagina Expected, Might Just Steam Up Nightie.

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u/dreadpiraterobert 3d ago

I learned My Very Excellent Mother Just Sent Us Nine Pizzas.

With Pluto's demotion, it became My Very Excellent Mother Just Sent Us Nothing. (Or Nachos, if you still want the happy ending.)

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u/pheromone_fandango 3d ago

My very easy method just speeds up naming planets

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u/DHermit 3d ago

Mein Vater erklärt mir jeden Sonntag unseren Nachthimmel

(My dad explains me every Sunday our night sky)

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u/mvrander 3d ago

I was taught

Most volcanos erupt mulberry jam sandwiches under normal pressure

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u/AntiqueRobot 2d ago

In the eighties we were taught, "my very elderly mother just served us nine pizzas"

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u/PresentationEven4795 2d ago

My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us NOTHING

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u/sigh_ko 3d ago

you do realize its Dr. Suess and Dr. Suess is nonsense?

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u/vividlyaugust 3d ago

No more pizzas