[raybbr]

The resistor code was “bad boys rape our young girls but violet gives willingly.”

I learned it as: "Black boys rape our young girls but violet gives willingly" Said they used "black" for, well, the black ring to remember it IS black.

[BushCountry]

Tolerances on the end: Get some now!

[MrB]

Otherwise, how do you distinguish in the mnemonic between black and brown, the first two colors?

My electronics teacher taught us this on the sly.