FabSwingers.com forum: What is the most useless thing you still have memorised

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Good Tuesday Afternoon everyone

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The lord's prayer.

Pxx

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By *ena AmourTV/TS
over a year ago

Chard

Richard of york gave battle in vain

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By *avid 50Man
over a year ago

kendal

A notice on the bathroom wall

Please remember don’t forget

Never leave the bathroom wet

Nor leave the soap still in the water Or keep the bath an hour or more

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By *MisschiefxTV/TS
over a year ago

London

My PE teachers number plate... I have no idea why

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By *riar BelisseWoman
over a year ago

Holibobs

Product barcodes...the curse of working in retail

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lines from star wars movies

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By *uffolkcouple-bi onlyCouple
over a year ago

Tiverton

This thread lol

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By *yrman57Man
over a year ago

Ayr

A girlfriend's phone number from 40 years ago !!!

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Lake Titicaca is almost 4000 meters above sea level.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My home phone number as a kid, when we had to be home before the street lights came on and we could make a collect call home if there was a problem.

Yes, I still know it off by heart.

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
over a year ago

Leeds

Snells law equation, absolutely useless.

Mrs

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By *astandtheCurious2Couple
over a year ago

letchworth

I can sign if your happy and you know it…….I’m sure it will come in handy one day

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By *ebjonnsonMan
over a year ago

Maldon

The part numbers of gasket sets for the old Mini.

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By *izandpaulCouple
over a year ago

merseyside

My dad's first and second car (minis) registration numbers.

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

Pi... 3.14159265

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By *riel13Woman
over a year ago

Northampton

My grandparents phone number, before an extra digit had to be added, so there would be enough numbers for everyone

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Soh cah toa

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By *ndrew CareyMan
over a year ago

Cambridgeshire

"The lord's prayer.

Pxx"

The Apostles creed

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

0118 999 88199 9119725 3

Bonus points for those that know where it's from.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

01 811 8181

The phone number for the Multicoloured Swap Shop on a Saturday morning

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By *TG3Man
over a year ago

Swanage

A few hymns from school

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By *alibra57Man
over a year ago

Southampton

My wedding vows 1979 lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"0118 999 88199 9119725 3

Bonus points for those that know where it's from."

Ha ha, brilliant TV Series. All 3 main cast characters have gone onto bigger and better things.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

All the Shakespeare and Poems I had to learn off by heart to be able to quote them in my English O Level.

My home phone no when a teenager 393 0507

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By *TG3Man
over a year ago

Swanage

Oh yes remember an old girlfriends telephone number

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By *0ng0 furyMan
over a year ago

Birkenhead

amo

amas

amat

etc

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"0118 999 88199 9119725 3

Bonus points for those that know where it's from."

Help! I've fallen and I can't get up!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My best friend from high school’s phone number. Completely useless as he doesn’t even live in the same country any more let alone the same time!

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By *RANDMRSJAECouple
over a year ago

chester

"The lord's prayer.

Pxx

The Apostles creed

Same

curse of going to a catholic school!!

Also, all friends and family landline numbers!!

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By *astpoetMan
over a year ago

where the world takes me

The names to all of S Club Seven

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"0118 999 88199 9119725 3

Bonus points for those that know where it's from.

Help! I've fallen and I can't get up! "

These are not just the emergency services, they are your emergency services

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By *eeliciouschaosWoman
over a year ago

London

Russian alphabet

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By *he MinionMan
over a year ago

"The lord's prayer.

Pxx

The Apostles creed

Same

curse of going to a catholic school!!

Also, all friends and family landline numbers!! "

Cant remember anyones mobile number except my own but possibly ten friends landline numbers from 30 + years ago !

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

Amo

Amas

Amat …………………

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"0118 999 88199 9119725 3

Bonus points for those that know where it's from."

Dear Sir/Madam

Fire (exclamation mark). Fire (exclamation mark)

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By *humper.Man
over a year ago

northumberland/scotland

The registration of my mother's old "Nova" when I was a toddler.

B515GJR.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

SOHCAHTOA

Haven't used trigonometry since I left school

Mrs Y

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

"SOHCAHTOA

Haven't used trigonometry since I left school

Mrs Y"

Ooo. Oooo. We had a little rhyme for that.

Oranges Have Skins

Apples Have Cores

Oranges And…..Tangerines

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

9x table

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

All the books of the bible from first to last.....

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By *MisschiefxTV/TS
over a year ago

London

"The lord's prayer.

Pxx"

I always get it mixed up with 'Gangster's Paradise'

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By *ack688Man
over a year ago

abruzzo Italy (and UK)

The mnemonic and then the list of the 12 branches of the cranial nerve

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

o o OO o o

My Nan and gramps telephone number. They’re both dead now.

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By *teveanddebsCouple
over a year ago

Norwich

My aunties phone number from the early 60s. She lived next door and we didn't have a phone. It was drummed into me pre-school. "If you get lost find a policeman and tell him Enterprise 2***"

Of course in those days there were actually bobbies on the beat.

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By *itch and scratchyCouple
over a year ago

Pontefract

How to spell Boobs on a Calculator

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By *eybert77Man
over a year ago

Ramsey

Some old horses can always hear the others approaching

Trigonometry formula

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can pretty much talk along with Titanic having been obsessed with it as a teenager.

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By *el1169Man
over a year ago

Deeside.....

018118055 swap shop phone number back in the day

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"I can pretty much talk along with Titanic having been obsessed with it as a teenager."

I can do that with Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ex old mobile number

Sure she’s tried to ring me lol

An excuse not to pick up

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"All the books of the bible from first to last....."

I can only get to Duteronamy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oh yeah, my 18 and 180 times table.

From counting trays of loaves of bread. A tray held 18, and you had 10 tray stacks.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My Very Easy Method Just Shows Us Nine Planets. Useless because of that last word

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"All the books of the bible from first to last.....

I can only get to Duteronamy

Joshua, Judges, Ruth immediately after, and I go on

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

All Fat Bay Mares Can Hardly Ever Kick. Dressage/school arena markers when riding

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By *odgerMooreMan
over a year ago

Rummage Under Jumper

My login details for here it seems sometimes

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pugh,Pugh,Barney Mcgrew,Cuthbert Dibble ,Grub.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Swing boats" on the recorder

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The square root of 2049.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Still remember the "ackerman principal"

Use it all the time but really don't need to know it.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"Pi... 3.14159265"

We had that at school in the Maths room, it was stuck on the wall to 100 decimal places

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"amo

amas

amat

etc"

I did 6 years of Latin at my first Boarding School.

Agricola iacto hasta

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

"Pi... 3.14159265

We had that at school in the Maths room, it was stuck on the wall to 100 decimal places

Always good to know 100 decimal places!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My ICQ chat relay login number, a randomly assigned 7 digit code. Not logged in in 20 years, I wonder if it’s still operating?

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By *rixie_BlondeWoman
over a year ago

London (She/Her)

A little girl from Do Re Mi went far to find some So La Ti.

The notes for the musical scale of C Major in German

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By *odgerMooreMan
over a year ago

Rummage Under Jumper

"A little girl from Do Re Mi went far to find some So La Ti.

The notes for the musical scale of C Major in German

And English xx

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By *ark.aitkenMan
over a year ago

Newcastle

"The odd quarter of a day, in Julian reckoning, was accounted for once in every four years by the addition of an extra day"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

pythagoras,s therum ......bloody useless

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

"amo

amas

amat

etc

I did 6 years of Latin at my first Boarding School.

Agricola iacto hasta

I gave up that, me shoulders aren’t up to it these days

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The numbers of all the doors for my paper round.

The account number for my first ever bank account.

Every phone number I've ever memorised

My brain just hangs on to numbers. Unfortunately I've never found any practical use for this.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

how to use a slide rule....... look it up young uns !!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Billy,

Eats,

Carrots,

At,

Uncle,

Stanley's,

Engine.

This has stuck in my head since the 1970's.

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol

R1 R2 L1 L2 left down right up Left down right up

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By *rincipessaWoman
over a year ago

your wildest dreams,

"My home phone number as a kid, when we had to be home before the street lights came on and we could make a collect call home if there was a problem.

Yes, I still know it off by heart. "

I still know mine too.

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By *bi HaiveMan
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

The periodic table up to Krypton.

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By *he Running Man 2022Man
over a year ago

Shipley, Bradford

IVECO means 4 European Countries.

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By *bi HaiveMan
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

"IVECO means 4 European Countries.

It's also really funny when you see a dirty truck covered in mud and write massIVECOck with your finger......

I'm such a child.

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By *tooveMan
over a year ago

belfast

FATLAD

The first-line of my school song in Latin

Lords prayer

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By *he Running Man 2022Man
over a year ago

Shipley, Bradford

"IVECO means 4 European Countries.

It's also really funny when you see a dirty truck covered in mud and write massIVECOck with your finger......

I'm such a child.

Thats genius!! I'm gonna start doing that, from this day forwards

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

[Removed by poster at 25/10/22 19:27:06]

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

The spindle speed for cutting metals, learned it on an engineering course. Never used it since.

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By *bi HaiveMan
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

"IVECO means 4 European Countries.

It's also really funny when you see a dirty truck covered in mud and write massIVECOck with your finger......

I'm such a child.

Thats genius!! I'm gonna start doing that, from this day forwards

A tinfoil rectangle stuck under the D of DENIS is also entertaining.

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By *he Running Man 2022Man
over a year ago

Shipley, Bradford

"IVECO means 4 European Countries.

It's also really funny when you see a dirty truck covered in mud and write massIVECOck with your finger......

I'm such a child.

Thats genius!! I'm gonna start doing that, from this day forwards

A tinfoil rectangle stuck under the D of DENIS is also entertaining.

This forum needs a "Like" button

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By *TG3Man
over a year ago

Swanage

"9x table"
that's useful though

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

Every Good Boy Deserves Football.

Some people say Favours instead of Football, apparently.

X equals -b plus or minus the square root of (b²-4ac)

all over(÷) 2a.

I think that's how it went.

And FOIL First Outside Inside Last.

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By *inger_SnapWoman
over a year ago

Hampshire/Dorset

Number plate of the first family car.

Old home phone number

The Monday/Tuesday timetable of lessons at school

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By *heVonMatterhornsCouple
over a year ago

Lincoln

One to ten in Korean.

LvM

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By *ittlebirdWoman
over a year ago

The Big Smoke

All of my wedding anniversary dates

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By *ena AmourTV/TS
over a year ago

Chard

"R1 R2 L1 L2 left down right up Left down right up"

Ha-dooo-ken?

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By *ickshawedCouple
over a year ago

Wolverhampton

"Every Good Boy Deserves Football.

Some people say Favours instead of Football, apparently. "

I was taught it as Food. Because obviously the bad boys deserve to starve

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

"My home phone number as a kid, when we had to be home before the street lights came on and we could make a collect call home if there was a problem.

Yes, I still know it off by heart. "

Connect call? No, but everything is so true.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Up, down, left, right, start+a

That’s niche.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"9x tablethat's useful though

That's easy. They all add up to 9.

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

"My PE teachers number plate... I have no idea why"

I thought I was the only one who did that, only my teacher taught science instead. I did end up owning a very similar model, 15 odd years later.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The rap to "games" by new kids on the block lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A.D.I.D.A.S

After Dinner I Deserve A Shite

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My wedding vows

I jest, of course, no idea what they were

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

How to say "please hold the line" .. In German... I used to spend ages listening to it in the 90's waiting to be put through to people

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"A.D.I.D.A.S

After Dinner I Deserve A Shite

And backwards. Soon After Dessert I Did Another

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"A.D.I.D.A.S

After Dinner I Deserve A Shite

And backwards. Soon After Dessert I Did Another"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The lyrics to the 'Um Bongo' advert

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The lyrics to the 'Um Bongo' advert "

Snap

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By *lephantisMan
over a year ago

Oxford

Song lyrics to songs almost no-one knows anymore.

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By *rC99Man
over a year ago

Liverpool

Both of my grandparents' home phone numbers

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The lyrics to the 'Um Bongo' advert

Snap

Ha ha. The 2nd chorus usually catches people out

"The python picked the passion fruit, the marmoset the mandarin, the parrot painted packets that the whole caboodle landed in..."

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

A child's saveaway only cost 45p in 1986.

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol

"Every Good Boy Deserves Football.

Some people say Favours instead of Football, apparently.

I was taught it as Food. Because obviously the bad boys deserve to starve

I was taught food too.

It's FACE for the notes between the staves.

The ones for the bass clef are:

(Between the staves)

All

Cows

Eat

Grass

(On the staves)

Great

Big

Dick

Fucks

Ass

15-year-old me was so proud of himself when he thought up that one

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol

"R1 R2 L1 L2 left down right up Left down right up

Ha-dooo-ken? "

Weapons unlocked

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ctrl + Shift + C

"rosebud"

"kaching"

"rosebud"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My van every morning just starts up no problem

My very easy method just speeds up naming planets

For remembering planet order

Problem is Pluto is no longer classed as a planet

Problem

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