5/21    Does anyone know a non-sexist mnemonic for the resistor color
        code?
        \_ What's the sexist one?  -- forgotten everything
        \_ found this on the net:
        bad boys rape our young girls but violet gives willingly. get some now
        \_ This is the one I learned, with s/rape/rob/ as the other one.
        Big Bears Run Over Your Gladiola Bed Vexing Garden Worms (go see now)
        \_ I, too, learned the sexist mnemonic first. When I asked
           someone about a different mnemonic, the guy said, "just learn
           the colors directly." So now I know the above plus "black brown
           red orange yellow green blue violet gray white".
           \_  yeah, in the end i guess we all just end up memorizing them,
               and thinking "six" when we see a blue stripe, but I'd like to
               have a mnemonic I can tell young people without making them
               think electrical engineers are all sexist pigs.
               \_ I suggest, "black brown red orange yellow green blue violet
                  gray white".  It'll take about 30 seconds to memorise.
               \_ How about "black, brown, ROY G BIV, grey, white" without
                  the I for indigo? Even less time to memorize.
                  \_ 30 seconds is too much??
                     \_ What is the GSN?  Gold, silver and ???