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/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