What’s the most useless thing you still have memorized?

[Pappy]

I remember being told, in school, that Latin and algebra would help me later in life.
How about your useless memories?

 

[Pepper]

Had to memorize Shakespeare soliloquies but I'm glad. No knowledge is wasted, it's another wrinkle for your brain.

 

[Becky1951]

5th grade typing class. "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aide of the party"

 

[hearlady]

M.A.F.I.A. More Alla Francia Italia Anela
Death to all Frenchmen is Italy's Cry
I finally used this phrase I learned in history after 55 years!!

The lyrics to 'Dominique'. BTW I just learned 'The Singing Nun' died almost penniless after committing suicide in 1985.

 

[CallMeKate]

Phone numbers from when I was a little kid... our own, my grandparents', and my aunt's phone numbers. From 50+ years ago! I mean who does that?! I should be able to use those wasted brain cells to remember something important... like what I did last week!

 

[Judycat]

I can name all 50 states in alphabetical order. I suspect I am on "the spectrum".

 

[Fyrefox]

I was made to memorize the balcony scene from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, as well as the Quality of Mercy speech from The Merchant of Venice. I can also recite Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and a passage from Don Quixote in Spanish. I really don’t regret retaining any of them…

And from typing class, I always loved The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs. It was inspirational, really…

 

[hearlady]

Sounds like some of this is definitely not useless.

 

[oldaunt]

I still use algebra regularly.

 

[Alligatorob]

My first phone number or address.

helpful once, useless now

 

[Bella]

Phone numbers from when I was a little kid... our own, my grandparents', and my aunt's phone numbers. From 50+ years ago! I mean who does that?! I should be able to use those wasted brain cells to remember something important... like what I did last week!

Hello! That would be me. I remember our home number, my grandma's number, my mom's business number, my four aunt's numbers, my best friend's number... I think they stuck because we called those numbers a gazillion times.

 

[JustDave]

I can name all 50 states in alphabetical order.

Now that IS useless, but still interesting in a perverse sort of way. But I can say my ABCs in alphabetical order. Does that count?

 

[Purwell]

Some Old Hens Come Around Here Til Old Age.

Sine = Opposite/Hypotenuse
Cosine = Adjacent/Hypotenuse
Tangent = Opposite/Adjacent

 

[InTheWoods]

Albermarle
Butterworth
Chesapeake
Davenport
Ellefant
Fesseden
Garrison
Harrison

These are the streets in my grandmother's neighborhood. She'd be 122 today. It's been almost half a century since I have been there.

And, sorry, I didn't check the spelling. Information that is now useless doesn't need checking!

 

[Oldntired]

Roy G Biv

Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet

Colors of the rainbow

 

[jimintoronto]

North is always at the top of a map. I can still recite the NATO radio alphabet.......Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Echo and so on. I can still remember my Social Insurance Number, first issued in 1965, and my Ontario Driver's License number from memory. JimB.

 

[Pecos]

I still remember the service number that was assigned to me in Navy boot camp back in July of 1960.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

Phone numbers from when I was a little kid... our own, my grandparents', and my aunt's phone numbers. From 50+ years ago! I mean who does that?! I should be able to use those wasted brain cells to remember something important... like what I did last week!

1950's home phone # = 4-7321. Yup, only 5 digits, it used to be 7321.
Today, my iPhone # (I think) ends in 0909 ????
You mentioned Latin- sum, es, est, sumus, estis, sunt = I am, you are, he/she is, etc.

 

[HazyDavey]

The license plate number on my 1963 Chevy Impala I had back when I was 20 years old.

 

[JustBonee]

For myself, it's all about numbers for some reason.
I remember birthdays of people I knew 70 years ago, and non-important addresses ... but phone numbers I tend to forget ..?

 

[PeppermintPatty]

That I’m a worthless piece of **** !

 

[StarSong]

I don't consider anything I've learned or memorized to be useless. Some bits even wind up as part of my passwords. My grandparents' address when I was a child, for instance. The (very unusual) name of my childhood neighbor's dog is another.

 

[Pepper]

That I’m a worthless piece of **** !

Yes, that is a useless memory and a terrible lie.

 

[Pappy]

Up until a few years ago, when sitting at a red light, I use to add up the numbers on the license plate on the car ahead of me. Useless, for sure.

 

[Geezer Garage]

Definitely not useless, and always willing to help out at any party. I'll bring the beer.

5th grade typing class. "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aide of the party"