just think of what I could know, if I didn't know this stuff

[jaina]

[Poll #1155965]

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[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

Also, many many Kipling poems. It comes in handy when you want to impress other English majors. You know, ones who have never heard of Filk.

[nmissi.livejournal.com]

Hee. It's not Kipling, but I can still 'sing' Frost's "Mending Wall," thanks to a very inventive Humanities teacher in High School.

[rhynndavrie.livejournal.com]

It was red, and yellow, and green, and brown, and scarlet, and black, and ocher, and peach, and ruby, and olive, and violet, and fawn, and lilac, and gold, and chocolate, and mauve, and creme, and crimson, and silver, and rose, and azure, and lemon, and russet, and gray, and purple and white, and pink, and orange, and blue! (Sorry that runs through my head anytime someone mentions Joseph)

Honestly I'm probably pretty close on a number of these, preamble thanks to School House Rock, fifty states and capitals / countries of the world and planets of the solar system thanks to animaniacs, Go Go Joe! need I say more, and finally the elements to the periodic table thanks to Tom Lehrer. There's just something about the elements sung to the tune of a modern major general that gets stuck in your head.

I remember learning the states and capitals to spanish speaking countries with the help of a very, very bad rap. Actually I don't think learning is quite right as I blocked it for being so horrible it was no longer allowed to exist in my brain for fear of rotting it.

[nmissi.livejournal.com]

It's not song form, exactly, but thanks to (my seventh grade teacher) Mr. Watkins I know my presidents in order by first syllables of their last names. WashAdJeffMadMoAdJackVanHarTyPoTayFilPieBuchLincJohnGrayHayGarArCleHarCleMcRoo
TayWillHarCooHooRooTruEiKenJohnNixForCarReaBuCliBu

Only useful thing I learned in American History EVER. :)

[jainamsolo.livejournal.com]

See, now *that* is useful! You could probably make up a song for it. :)

[nmissi.livejournal.com]

Eh, Dunno if it would work to sing it. It's sort of rhythmic anyway; you recite it in five syllable chunks. Works pretty well. :)

[evilbearhunter.livejournal.com]

The Inuit and Cherokee, the Aztec and Menomonee, the Onondaga and the Cree *clap clap* Columbus sailed across the sea but someone was already here.

That's all I got.

[hollywdliz.livejournal.com]

Ahem! It's the NATIONS of the world! /Animaniacs nitpicking

At one point I had all the books of the (fundamentalist Protestant) Bible memorized. I don't remember how the song went for the Old Testament, but the New Testament song was sung to the alphabet song. "Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, Acts-Romans-First-And-Second-Corinthians! Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, First-and-Second-Thessalonions!" ... wow, I'm scared that I remember that much.

Now I have that song in my head. Thanks so much!

[jainamsolo.livejournal.com]

Gah! You're right! Cursed lack of poll edit-ability. >:(

Now I have that song in my head. Thanks so much!

Mwaha! My evil plan has succeeded.

[miana-dude.livejournal.com]

Jabberwocky and part of The Walrus and the Carpenter by Lewis Carrol. AKA poems on crack.

[ellbogen.livejournal.com]

The "tomorrow and tomorrow" speech from Macbeth. Also the "dagger I see before me" speech.

[portnoyslp.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I didn't click this box, but I also know Robert Frost's "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" thanks to Randall Thompson's Frostiana and my high school chorus.

[wendyhouse.livejournal.com]

sadly, I have regressed to knowing the days of the week set to not one, but TWO different songs... 'Darling Clementine' and the Addams Family theme song.

Maybe I should start Nedward on some of the above-mentioned.... :)

[portnoyslp.livejournal.com]

Disturbingly, this implies that you don't know the days of the week from the Happy Days theme song. :-)

[wendyhouse.livejournal.com]

I suppose I do.... but they don't sing it at school :)

[jainamsolo.livejournal.com]

It's never too early for Animaniacs or Schoolhouse Rock!

[wendyhouse.livejournal.com]

I think I might try that this week!

[suenix.livejournal.com]

The prologue to Romeo and Juliet.

[sirrogue.livejournal.com]

The Jabberwocky, thanks to JC concert choir.

[dm-lunsford.livejournal.com]

The fruits of the Spirit as listed in the New Testament book Galatians. Granted, it's not a long list - love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control - but it's almost impossible for me not to rattle them off to the tune from that silly children's song (complete with motions). ; )

[jainamsolo.livejournal.com]

Bonus points for having motions that go along with!

[nmissi.livejournal.com]

Oooh, that reminds me, I had totally forgotten- I can sing the books of the old testament. Psalty for the win! ;)

[http://users.livejournal.com/my_belle_/]

Don't know if this is what you had in mind, but I can conjugate certain spanish verbs thanks to some catchy tunes I learned in Junior High Spanish-set to the themes of The Addams Family, Green Acres, and The Brady Bunch. :)

[jainamsolo.livejournal.com]

See, now why didn't my Spanish teachers have songs like that?

We did have a song for days of the week, but it wasn't a very good song.