for me it was something similarI was about 11 years old and there was this song with an annoying tune singing the first however many of the elements at the beginning of the crap science videos we watched.
It's a decade on, why is it still in my brain?
(It's a decade on, why is it still in my brain?
Batsgirl,
Fri 29 Aug 2003, 20:05,
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dunnoI still use it, since I'm in materials engineering (kind of)
that's why it's in mine
(that's why it's in mine
kitty meow meow,
Fri 29 Aug 2003, 20:07,
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sadly I do not have that excusenot even looked at a periodic table since I finished my GCSEs.
( Batsgirl,
Fri 29 Aug 2003, 20:10,
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the song's by Tom Lehrer,to the tune of 'I am the very model of a modern Major-General' by gilbert and sullivan.
I'm sad to (say I) know it off by heart.
(I'm sad to (say I) know it off by heart.
MissPrism,
Fri 29 Aug 2003, 20:16,
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that's the one!I'm so glad it wasn't just me!
theeeeere's hydrogen and helium and lithium, beryllium, there's boron carbon nitrogen oxygen fluorine neon...
(theeeeere's hydrogen and helium and lithium, beryllium, there's boron carbon nitrogen oxygen fluorine neon...
Batsgirl,
Fri 29 Aug 2003, 20:19,
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hehehethat would be handy :)
I know one like that for the us states, so I can say them all in alphabetical order.
(I know one like that for the us states, so I can say them all in alphabetical order.
kitty meow meow,
Fri 29 Aug 2003, 20:21,
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but you remembered them in order,which is much better. Lehrer jiggled them around so they rhyme.
There's antimony, arsenic, aluminIum, selenium...
(There's antimony, arsenic, aluminIum, selenium...
MissPrism,
Fri 29 Aug 2003, 20:23,
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ah rightthe one I'm thinking of relied more on rhythm, but it was that modern major general crap.
( Batsgirl,
Fri 29 Aug 2003, 20:26,
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I could list them allbut I won't, because I'm lazy and it would bore you
( kitty meow meow,
Fri 29 Aug 2003, 20:26,
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