grateful dead and phish on Modern Family

[Big Wooly Mammoth]

just now on Modern Family. dude is talkning about tricks he used to remember peoples names.

he met this guy wearing a grateful dead t shirt. whats a band like the greatful dead? Phish. where do Phish live? in the ocean...where there is corral. dudes name was carl.

[Basher]

Here's the quote:

Phil: I use minimonic devices. Like the other day I met this guy named Karl. Now, I might forget that name, but he was wearing a Grateful Dead t-shirt. What's a band like The Grateful Dead? Phish. Where do fish live? The ocean. What else lives in the ocean? Coral. Hello Karrrrrrl!

Claire: I think it is mnemonic.

[Basher]

Which is essentially what you wrote lol.

[edger]

Love this show!

[Big Wooly Mammoth]

and is that even considered a mnemonic in either case?

"dude looks like the drummer from foreigner" - who the hell knows what the drummer from foreigner looks like?

[Basher]

From wiki:

A mnemonic device (pronounced /nɨˈmɒnɨk/[1]) is a mind memory and/or learning aid. Commonly, mnemonics are verbal—such as a very short poem or a special word used to help a person remember something—but may be visual, kinesthetic or auditory. Mnemonics rely on associations between easy-to-remember constructs which can be related back to the data that is to be remembered. This is based on the principle that the typical human mind much more easily remembers spatial, personal, surprising, sexual, humorous or otherwise meaningful information than arbitrary sequences.

[jaybone]

Watch out Bradm

[Booche]

What's wrong with you queens? This is what you decided to talk about following the first episode?

Holyfuck.

[MrBigTime]

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