Today, upon being asked to name all the planets, I had to sing along to a Lady Gaga song in my head to remember them. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, at a party, I tried to play it cool by pretending to know all the lyrics to a song, but ended up singing the wrong words and embarrassing myself. FML
Today, I can remember enough of a song for it to be stuck in my head, but not enough of it to help me identify the song. FML
Today, my girlfriend will only speak to me using Lady Gaga lyrics. FML
Today, my brain seemingly went on vacation and I forgot the lyrics to a song I was performing in front of a live audience, so I ended up ad-libbing a bunch of garbage. FML
Today, I was just beginning a calculus exam when my brain thought it was a good time to get stuck on the song "Close Every Door" from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Now that the exam is over, I'm afraid that I can foresee the future through song. FML
Today, the Star Wars Cantina song had been stuck in my head since I woke up, as my brother was humming it. I finally managed to get it out of my head. Then my mom started to whistle it. It's stuck in my head again. FML
Today, I attended a musical. A new song was played, and I thought I'd heard it before because it sounded strangely familiar. I sang along quietly as the song progressed, positive I knew it. Anticipating the next chorus, I belted out the lyrics with all my heart. It was instrumental. FML
Today, I was at a friend's birthday party in a packed karaoke bar/restaurant and I drunkenly agreed to sing. I picked a song I thought I knew by heart, only to realize halfway through that the lyrics on the screen were not at all what I thought they were. My brain went for a smoke break or something, and I turned into a rambling mess. The crowd actually booed. FML
Today, I got caught singing '80s hair metal love ballads to myself in the car by the object of my affection. FML
Today, I was singing the National Anthem at a school game and totally forgot the words. So I kept singing the same two lines over and over. FML
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PenguinBitch 44
I'll give you an applause for trying, even though I show no emotion whatsoever with my poker face.
curt194 10
Please tell me you said "don't you know my ass is famous?" After saying Uranus?
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Comments (85)
SmuggletheBudgie 15
You poor thing, here have a biscuit.
Lebeaugars95 20
what song was it OP?
monsterMEG 8
VENUS
Marlee141717 9
Well, atleast you had a way of knowing them.
_kyleG_ 34
Any mnemonic device works, I guess
kewpiesuicide 29
My Very Excellent Mother Just Sent Us Nine Pizzas. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Although they took back Plutos 'planet status' so I guess now it should be 'My very excellent mother just sent us nothing' but it lacks a certain grandeur...
\ 28
Pluto is still a planet... to me.
mwhpug 4
My very evil mother just stole Uncle Ned's pants.
eyepuppy 31
Pluto was never a planet to me. I used to argue this with teachers while I was still in grade school. It has much more in common with asteroids than planets. Also, it doesnt matter how you remember something. As stated above, and mnemonic technique will work.
buttcramp 21
Whatever works, OP! At least you're educating yourself! I have to sing songs in my head I remember from my Spanish class to know what day of the week it is in Spanish!
Crofty92 17
My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets :)
LadyQuantum 7
Pluto will always be a planet in me eyes........sniff sniff
mea_iloveskiing 26
I do that with the alphabet :)
persianninja 23
I can't remember the order without Singing it
SammyS2012 21
i use the Blue's Clues planet song :3
kittcatt 8
I use that or I remember that the planets are mostly named after Roman gods, except for Pluto whose planetary status was revoked.
nana_star 27
I use the song josh used on drake and josh to remember the planets. Nothing to be ashamed of
SMHsohard 22
I still have to do "Thirty days has September," etc, when someone asks how many days are in a month. People have gotten used to the short pause and the blank expression on my face while I'm doing it lol.
ZeroPath5 16
I'm in college and I do the same thing #63 does, it was such an easy way to remember them back then, when planets were cool!
DanielleinDC 34
I guess it works better than the knuckles method. As for you, OP, whatever works for you. As long as you don't sing the song aloud, nobody knows how you remember the planets.
Duggie1339 13
Wow fyl... I don't blame you I've never had to use planets in real life yet
AnOriginalName 19
Really? I have to use Earth every day. How do you get by without it? What's your secret?
Duggie1339 13
It's simple really 19. Spaaaaace.....
curt194 10
Please tell me you said "don't you know my ass is famous?" After saying Uranus?
Duggie1339 13
Finally I get to express my opinion on an fml without having to reply to #1 :D
Juicenub 25
Well, whatever works for you, OP.
koalabear_55 11
I'm curious to what song you used now lol
IDontKnowWhoIAm04 24
Venus
PenguinBitch 44
I'll give you an applause for trying, even though I show no emotion whatsoever with my poker face.
hellnosucka 27
next time make sure you break into a dance. it'll help your classmates remember those planets as well.
glabberfasted 16
There's a Lady Gaga song to remember to dance, too.