Never eat Shredded Wheat

[smoothfield]

North, east ,south, west, Never eat Shredded Wheat. So what was the handy way of remembering before Shredded Wheat?

[Potatoman]

Naughty Elephants Squirt Water! I learnt that at primary school and its stuck!

[bernardo]

I look at a map and remember that America is West, and China is East. I've never heard of the Shredded Wheat one before.

[Quizmonster]

I've never heard of anyone who needed a mnemonic to remember north, east, south, west! (Have I misunderstood the question?)

[ll_billym]

I use the mnemonic "North East South West" to remind me not to eat a certain breakfast cereal.

[MrsCheeks]

yeps Nauty Elephants for me too at school. BTW its not to remember the 4 points of the compass BUT to remember how they appear on a compass clockwise.

[Shaz26]

A pupil at school told me this one a couple of years ago - Never Entertain Sexy Women - they've been around for far longer than Shredded Wheat!

[IndieSinger]

Even though I know obviously know the points of the compass, if someone said to me "Look South-West", the rhyme "Never Eat Shredded Wheat" would always pop into me head straight away. "Naughty Elephants Squirt Water" was also a popular one in Primary School.

If you want a good one for remembering the order of the planets: My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets.

[MrsCheeks]

ooooooooo like that one Indie!!!

[Quizmonster]

Ah...but wouldn't people get confused between Mercury and Mars, Indie?

[IndieSinger]

No.

[Jansy]

I also remember it from childhood days as "Never Eat Soggy Worms". Which, I guess, were around long before Shredded Wheat!

[thewillow]

I'm surprised Colombus ever reached America without that one.

[IndieSinger]

"Captain! Captain" We're sailing Shredded Eat and we need to be heading Never-by-Never Wheat!"