Get Some Now) and the other one about Bad Boys, Young Girls and Virgins. If anyone knows of a phrase for the code, could you pass it on so I can get him to remember it. Thanks, and Len this should be right up your alley.
Bill Smith
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Bill Smith
Make me wonder who sat around and came up with these??
Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls but Violet Goes Willingly.
I guess they thought it would catch our attention and "stick"; I guess they were right . . .
Ralph Wenzel
You left out, "Get Some Now". 
Another clean version:
Bad Boys Raise Our Young Grass But Violets Grow Willingly...Get Some Now.
For the non-electronic types, the colors equate to number bands on a resistor:
B = black 0
B = brown 1
R = red 2
O = orange 3
Y = yellow 4
G = green 5
B = blue 6
V = violet 7
G = gray 8
W = white 9
G = gold 5%
S = silver 10%
N = none ~20% (no tolerance specified)
On a resistor, it is read from the side that has colors close to the end. First band = first number, second band = second number, third band = number of zeros to decimal point (gold=minus one, silver=minus two places). After a space there may be a gold or silver band to indicate tolerance for error. Near the other end there may be a quality indicator in the form of another band.
There you have resistors 101...I hope it's still current. 
George
Here is another way to remember the resistor color codes. It's based on the way they were developed to begin with. The middle of the color sequence is based on the colors in a rainbow that we all learned in science as ROY G BIV (with the exception of Indigo which is left out because nobody has ever been able to tell the difference between Indigo and Blue or Violet). That takes care of 2 to 7. Then you tack on Black and Brown on the front as O and 1 and Gray and White on the end as 8 and 9. That puts the two extremes of color ( Black and White) at the two ends and their adulterated cousins ( brown and Gray )adjacent to them.
Bruce Hunt
Student Teacher in Physics
Salem, OR
It took a lot of Web searching to find that. I didn't realize the naughty one was so universal.
My favorite is "Eli the ice man".
Can Dead Men Vote Twice, At Elections...no, that's navigation
True Virgins Make Dull Companions, At Weddings...no, that's the reverse of above
Turn Climb Clean Check Determine Deliver...no
Pull Check Feather, Clean Select Lock, ABC's
(Airstart/Bailout/Condition lever)...no, T-34 engine failure
Armament all/off/safe, spoilers arm, harness lock, hook up, wheels
three down/locked, flaps full, brakes pump firm...no
PCA BFALS...no, Saab 340 loss of two engines
Idle Brakes, Hi Lo, Hi Lo...no, T-34 abort
Idle Boards Brakes Nosewheel steering Hook...no, A-4 abort
French True Virgins Sometimes Require Encouragement...no, thats a
Navy memo format
My Deat Aunt Sally...no, that's the order of operations
Thirty days, has September...nevermind
Nope, can't find it. Seems my head is as cluttered as the shop...
Tools
Have you noticed that a lot of virgins make their way into these things?
Mike
The version I learned was racist but you remembered that Black was before Brown and at the time, nobody thought anything of it. Typical whitey oblivion, (ie. "whaddayamean Sambo's is a racist place to it?")
From somewhere near Parkville, Mo.
William Crane
AMA 6733
i crash i fix i fly i crash again see ya Brad Smith
>Can Dead Men Vote Twice, At Elections...no, that's
>navigation
>
SNIP
I always thought that described Chicago politics!
Multiplier
black 0
brown 1
red 2
orange 3
yellow 4
green 5
blue 6
violet 7
gray 8
white 9
Tolerance
gold 5%
silver 10%
no color band 20%
There are some resistors that have only 2 multiplier color bands and 2 tolerance color bands. These are fractional ohm value resistors.
Red, red, gold, gold is 2.2 ohms 5%. The 3rd multiplier color band is replaced with one of the tolerance color bands. Orange, Green, gold, gold is 3.5 ohms 5%.
Gary Weaver
Bill Smith
Michael Schmitt
Osama Bin Laden finally gets his and goes to his reward. Allah greets him with "I've got some good news and bad news". "The good news is here are your 72 beautiful virgins." "The bad news is that they have to STAY virgins."
Larry Renger
think S.M.A.L.L.