gf120581's hilarious diary recounted how 'Defender of the 10 Commandments' Georgia Senator Lynn Westmoreland (R) was stumped when Colbert asked what they were. Stumped!
"What are all of them? You want me to name them all?"
It got the brain cells churning. Is there an easy way to remember all of them? Nothing decent comes up on google. In the military we used clever phrases to remember things like the color code for labeling resistors in electronic circuits. (This was quite a while ago!) So I offer one of those, and also a reasonably decent limerick--two REALLY SIMPLE memory aids. Astonish your parents!
1. As promised, "The 10 Commandments are slick as GPS". Here the 'slick as' are the don't and the GPS are the do. 'Slick as', then, is don't steal, lie, have idols, covet, kill, commit adultery, or swear. The GPS are the do commandments: Honor God, honor your parents, and honor the Sabbath.
2. And the limerick:
The 10 Commandments, in Brief
Bless God, the Sabbath, your parents.
Forswear all idol appearance.
Don't covet. Don't kill.
Don't lie, swear, or steal.
And regard unwed sex with abhorrence.
And, should you please, I'd love your comments to improve or offer alternatives! I'm a helpful fellow, and am willing send the best to the Senator. What do you think?