EE guys: What is your "saying" to remember resister color codes?

[Evadman]

Way back in high school when I was in electricity and learning resister color codes, the teacher had a saying to help us stupid students remember the resister color code bandings. That one was quickly thrown out by the students as being "non-rememberable". The students came up with one that was way better, and I just remembered it as I was looking at a resister pack I found while cleaning. Before you get all pissy, this was in '97 or so and was made up by one of the African Americans in class, so don't shoot me.

Bad (was black, which was the problem I did not want to use.)
Boys
Rape
Our
Young
Girls
But
Viloet
Gives
Willingly

I am trying to teach someone else about the color code, but would prefer not to use that saying. Anyone else have an equaly rememberable one? preferably with the % variance codes as well.

<edit>
Woot! Thanks Zanix

So to keep the thread alive, anone got any other funny sayings?

 

[Colt45]

i'm too 1337 for a phrase thing.. i just remember

 

[Zanix]

Change Rape into Resist

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: Zanix
Change Rape into Resist

Oh! actually, I can just change black to Bad! Sweet! thanks! that works great!

 

[Beau]

Beau
Bites
Regularly
On
Your
Girlfriend's
Bare
Virgin
Giant
Watermelons

 

[notfred]

Might try changing "rape" to "ravage" or something

 

[heat23]

thats the same one my HS teacher taught us

Originally posted by: Evadman
Way back in high school when I was in electricity and learning resister color codes, the teacher had a saying to help us stupid students remember the resister color code bandings. That one was quickly thrown out by the students as being "non-rememberable". The students came up with one that was way better, and I just remembered it as I was looking at a resister pack I found while cleaning. Before you get all pissy, this was in '97 or so and was made up by one of the African Americans in class, so don't shoot me.

Bad (was black, which was the problem I did not want to use.)
Boys
Rape
Our
Young
Girls
But
Viloet
Gives
Willingly

I am trying to teach someone else about the color code, but would prefer not to use that saying. Anyone else have an equaly rememberable one? preferably with the % variance codes as well.

<edit>
Woot! Thanks Zanix

So to keep the thread alive, anone got any other funny sayings?

 

[Analog]

Originally posted by: Evadman
Way back in high school when I was in electricity and learning resister color codes, the teacher had a saying to help us stupid students remember the resister color code bandings. That one was quickly thrown out by the students as being "non-rememberable". The students came up with one that was way better, and I just remembered it as I was looking at a resister pack I found while cleaning. Before you get all pissy, this was in '97 or so and was made up by one of the African Americans in class, so don't shoot me.

Bad (was black, which was the problem I did not want to use.)
Boys
Rape
Our
Young
Girls
But
Viloet
Gives
Willingly

I am trying to teach someone else about the color code, but would prefer not to use that saying. Anyone else have an equaly rememberable one? preferably with the % variance codes as well.

<edit>
Woot! Thanks Zanix

So to keep the thread alive, anone got any other funny sayings?

yes, we used that many years ago.

 

[LordMaul]

Beau's
Boobs
Reek
Of
Yucky
Green
Buttasses
Versus
Gory
Wedgies

....or not.

 

[zsouthboy]

Originally posted by: Evadman
Way back in high school when I was in electricity and learning resister color codes, the teacher had a saying to help us stupid students remember the resister color code bandings. That one was quickly thrown out by the students as being "non-rememberable". The students came up with one that was way better, and I just remembered it as I was looking at a resister pack I found while cleaning. Before you get all pissy, this was in '97 or so and was made up by one of the African Americans in class, so don't shoot me.

Bad (was black, which was the problem I did not want to use.)
Boys
Rape
Our
Young
Girls
But
Viloet
Gives
Willingly

I am trying to teach someone else about the color code, but would prefer not to use that saying. Anyone else have an equaly rememberable one? preferably with the % variance codes as well.

<edit>
Woot! Thanks Zanix

So to keep the thread alive, anone got any other funny sayings?

Thats the saying we remember, except:



Bad
Boys
Rape
Our
Young
Girls
But
Viloet
Gives
Willingly,
Get
Some
Now

....gold, silver, and none

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: Evadman

Bad
Boys
Rape
Our
Young
Girls
But
Viloet
Gives
Willingly

This is what my HS Computer Electronics teacher taught us.

 

[CallTheFBI]

Those color codes are the devil. I never understood why they don't just print the damn Ohms on the damn resistor. Yeah it would be tiny but you would probably still be able to read it.

 

[ed21x]

ROY G BV are the colors of the standard prism spectrum, so you should know most of that already. The three remaining letters are GWB.

 

[Anubis]

im a physics major and i just look it up i can never remember

 

[tm37]

I keep a samll chart in my kit and refer to that if need be.

 

[Joemonkey]

Originally posted by: ed21x
ROY G BV are the colors of the standard prism spectrum, so you should know most of that already. The three remaining letters are GWB.

it's actually ROYGBIV for the spectrum, and you forgot about the black and brown... 'tis not an easy way to remember IMHO...

"Lets see the spectrum is ROYGBIV, but take out the indigo, then add black and brown in front, and gold and silver and none and white and... er... wait..."

 

[jteef]

come on, an EE just knows