Oh, Right.
One thing online descriptions of Mnemonic Link seem to neglect is how powerful it is to personalize it.
Linking the number 13 to a black cat is kinda tenuous, but linking 13 to the number on the house I live in is not. Similarly, if you pissed you pants once because an elevator stuck between the 12th and 14th floors, or the best kiss you ever had was seven minutes in heaven at Sarah Petersen's 13th birthday, those are much stronger links. The idea is that you are developing a personal story by linking things in a way that you will both remember them and be able to identify them as unique.
Tuesday I was ecstatic because I took a lunch order from a coworker who wanted two plain slices, and a small salad with cesar dressing, and I thought up the mnemonic "Pizza-Pizza!" It's about as perfect as a mnemonic as I have ever seen, and I'll give a present to anyone who can name four reasons why.
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