Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for September 10, 2018

For a brief while there it was ‘my very eccentric mother just served us pickled newts’.

They messed up my mnemonic! I used to use “My Eleven Ripe Cantaloupes Ultimately Return Your Very Evil Nurse Unto Sam’s Mom’s Aunt’s Reversible Satanic Jalopy, Unless Plausibly Iterating Twin Elvises Reverse Said Aunt, Turning Ugly Radishes — Never Ugly Raisins — And Normally Unusable Salads Nicely Eaten, Provided They Understand Nobody Ever Profited Largely Unless They Overstated Calculated Earnings Reports, Especially Supremely Cretinous Harpies And Robotic Overlords; Nonetheless Xenophobia Exists Near Arkansas.”

Lucky for me it makes just as much sense to take out “Profited Largely Unless They Overstated,” so that you get

“My Eleven Ripe Cantaloupes Ultimately Return Your Very Evil Nurse Unto Sam’s Mom’s Aunt’s Reversible Satanic Jalopy, Unless Plausibly Iterating Twin Elvises Reverse Said Aunt, Turning Ugly Radishes — Never Ugly Raisins — And Normally Unusable Salads Nicely Eaten, Provided They Understand Nobody Ever Calculated Earnings Reports, Especially Supremely Cretinous Harpies And Robotic Overlords; Nonetheless Xenophobia Exists Near Arkansas.”

And Bob’s your uncle.

I still believe in Nine Pizzas (with extra cheese and oregano). Screw the IAU!