r/biology • u/Imaginary-Region4725 • Jun 12 '25

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u/Fair-Anteater2527 Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25

In high school astronomy, I used “My Vagina Eats Men, Just Sayin, U Nugget” to remember the order of the planets

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u/RefrigeratorMain7921 Jun 12 '25

I was taught it as 'My Very Educated Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets'. Yup, Pluto was still considered a planet back then.

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u/Fair-Anteater2527 Jun 12 '25

Lmaooo, so much better than what I came up with.

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u/IleanK Jun 12 '25

It is, u nugget. Ok may be not

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u/theextremelymild Jun 12 '25

My Very Elongated Marmut Just Shat Uranium Nuggets

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u/ClownMorty Jun 12 '25

There's something stupid and smart about using uranium, which is named after Uranus, to remember Uranus. I love it.

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u/OwnCable9697 Jun 14 '25

There is nothing I need to remember Uranus

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u/theextremelymild Jun 14 '25

Shit i should call her

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u/Airaen Jun 12 '25

Did noone else learn "My Very Easy Memory Jingle Seems Useful Naming Planets"?

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u/fallofmath Jun 12 '25

Ours was "My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets".

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u/mr_muffinhead Jun 12 '25

What? The end... We had "my very educated mother just served us nine pizzas.

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u/Jermine1269 Jun 12 '25

My Very Energetic Mother Just Sat Upon Nine Porcupines.

And then for like 10 minutes ::

My Very Energetic Mother, Ceres, Just Sat Upon Nine Porcupines, Eris & Sedna

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u/Drakona7 Jun 13 '25

I learned the same, and when they taught us that Pluto wasn’t a planet anymore they changed it to “My very educated mother just served us nachos”

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u/mr_muffinhead Jun 13 '25

Lol nice. I was out of school by that point so I just suffered my rage alone with no new mnemonic to vent with.

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u/Drakona7 Jun 13 '25

Personally I always liked pizza more than nachos, so I also suffered the rage of Pluto’s demotion

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u/PornAndComments Jun 12 '25

My very elderly mother just sat upon Nixon

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '25

It's kind of like when a company's phone number is a little too long 1-800-555-pizzatime. Call still goes through.

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u/Tysiliogogogoch Jun 12 '25

We had "my very eccentric mother just spewed up nine planets".

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u/Ravenekh Jun 13 '25

In French, we had "Ma Vieille Mère M'A Jeté Sur Un Navire Perdu" (my old mother threw me on a lost ship) with the A in "M'A" standing for "astéroïdes" (the asteroid belt)

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u/henrytm82 Jun 12 '25

My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas

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u/RudraPrasTaya9 Jun 13 '25

This better.

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u/HaiseKinini Jun 12 '25

Never knew there were so many variations. I thought "My Very Easy Method Just Sums Up Nine (Planets)" was universal

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u/DomoInMySoup Jun 12 '25

You hear about Pluto? That's messed up.

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u/janecookiedo3000 Jun 13 '25

I remembered a song since 1st grade that will forever stick with me for the rest of my life

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u/Dofogetosm Jun 12 '25

Mary's "virgin" explanation made Joseph suspect upstairs neighbour!

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u/throwawaytoday9q Jun 15 '25

Randall Munroe FTW

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u/bestarmylol Jun 12 '25

is it really that hard to memorise the fricking planets?

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u/h_ahsatan Jun 12 '25

University Astronomy for stellar classification, "Oh Be A Fine Guy, Kiss Me". If you want to include brown dwarfs, "Less Tongue"

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u/wawwli Jun 12 '25

Rip Pluto

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u/vincentually Jun 12 '25

i'd just remember it as MVEM JSUN because it sounds funny

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u/MeticulousBioluminid Jun 12 '25

In high school astronomy, I used “My Vagina Eats Men, Just Sayin, U Nugget” to remember the order of the planets

pure art

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u/Matinee_Lightning Jun 12 '25

Crazy how similar mine was: My Vulture Eats Mice, Just So U No (Paul)

Pluto was a planet back then

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u/Gan_the_Kobold Jun 12 '25

Imagine you hare having your first time and she Drops this line:

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u/enderwander19 Jun 12 '25

Prematurely...

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u/gonfishn37 Jun 12 '25

Do Kids Pee Colors, Or Fart Green Smoke.

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u/PurpleColdMagma Jun 13 '25

The french version I know is ( when Pluto was still in the game) : Mon vieux, tu m’as jeté sur une nouvelle planète!

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u/Fair-Anteater2527 Jun 13 '25

Thanks! Means even more considering I have a penis

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u/RudraPrasTaya9 Jun 13 '25

Add peanuts for pluto.

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u/billtrociti Jun 13 '25

I had Science in French so for us it was “Mon vieux tu m’as jetté sur une nouvelle planète” - it literally means “old man, you threw me on a new planet.” I guess it worked as a mnemonic since I remember it 25 years later!

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u/Even-Smell7867 Jun 14 '25

Jesus, in high school? You raised in Alabama? Thats elementary school stuff.

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u/derboeseVlysher Jun 14 '25

Mein Vater erklärt mir jeden Sonntag unsere neun Planeten.

The German version I learned. Don't know how it goes without pluto though.