gismu 201-250

These are memory cues for lojban gismu 201-250 (sorted by some ancient frequency order). You can quiz yourself on these at this Quizlet link.

cfari	Chef-far-read - looking at a distant recipe book, chef hat, in kitchen, squinting.	initiate	Starter pistol	Chef, struggling to read a recipe from a distance, pulls out a gun, fires it, and gets trampled by a bunch of runners. He inadvertantly started a race.
xagji	Hag-Jeans	hunger	Beggar, soup line, depression-era.	The beggars in the soup line are all hags. But their jeans look great. They start swapping jeans.
kurji	Courage-Jeans	take care of	Taking care of elderly - nursing home.	Picture tending to the elderly (pushing a wheelchair), and a fire breaks out. Courageously, I rip my jeans off and put the fire out with my jeans.
nicte	Niche-Tech (pronounced Neesh-Tech). This is technology (a computer) that serves a very small (niche) market.	night	Midnight, moon.	I look up at the moon, and pull out my glowin-the-dark niche-tech device.
kucli	Cushion-Leaf	curious	Curious George Monkey.	Curious George looks under a cushion, and millions of leaves pour out and hit him in the face.
nanba	Nan-Bat (Nana/Grandma or Nanny)	bread	Loaf of bread.	Open the plastic wrap on the bread, and Nana comes out and starts smacking me with a baseball bat.
ciksi	Shiek-See. A Shiek with giant glasses on/	explain	Explaining a complex homework problem to someone.	Explaining the problem to the shiek with funny glasses. I can't help but laugh every time I look him in the eye.
zenba	Zen-Bat (Buddha swinging a baseball bat)	increase	Increase the price at a Gas station (large, tall sign, adjusted with a pole) - gas prices only seem to increase.	Buddha is sitting cross legged at the top of the sign., bashing it with a bat.
sanga	Sang-A-Song	sing	famous female vocalist - Madonna.	Too easy. Picture a famous singer (whoever pops in my head) refusing to sing when the accompaniment starts, because she Sang a Song earlier. Fighting ensues.
masno	Mass-No. People running out of Mass, shouting "Noooo!"	slow	Turtle moving very slowly across the road.	Car crushes turtle, and people come running out of the nearby church (Mass) screaming "Nooooo!"
natmi	Gnat-meal. A dinner place-setting /meal with gnats flying all over it.	nation	Map of the USA	I'm sitting in the center of the USA map. Gnats are flying all around me, and I gather them and put them on my plate for a meal.
nanca	Nan-Shack. My grandma and a shack. (The Love Shack!)	year	Wall "pin-up" calendar - 12 images.	Nana posing 12 times in front of the love shack.
xajmi	Hodge-Me, talking about college and the lake house. (personal)	funny	A stand-up comic - Seinfeld or Leno.	Leno pulling me and Hodge up onto stage. We each tell jokes. I'm nervous. We laugh histerically.
xebni	Heb-Knee - a Hebrew knee (important to pronounce it Heb, not Heeb). Hebrew slave's knee. (Movie, 10 commandments)	hate	Hating somone so much that you whip them and torture them. It's a hate crime.	With a whip lash, the slave falls on his knees. He is tortured more
fanmo	Fan-Mode, fan-motor	end	The last page of a book.	When reaching the last page, a fan is in the book, and it's on "high", blowing papers and my face. I quickly set the "fan motor's mode" down to low.
datni	Sadat-Knee (Anwar Sadat). Sadat is forced to his knees, as the assassins shoot him thousands of times.	data	Printouts - pages of computer printed data.	Picture Sadat pouring over the printouts, when the parade comes by that had the assassins in it.
mentu	Men-Two. Two men, specifically of the Village People - construction worker and cowboy.	minute	Egg timer - minute sand -glass	These men are fighting over a small "hourglass" (minute timer) as they sing. Sand flows everywhere.
klesi	Kill Less See. A gunfight, where the gunman aims for people's eyes, so they "less see" when they are killed.	class	Classroom (although class in this case means classification).	A brutal scene in a classroom, where gunmen open fire at students, aiming for their eyes.
tugni	Tug-Knee. This is a tug-boat that hits me in the knee.	agree	Shaking hands in agreement. Agreeing to the price on a new vehicle.	After agreeing on a price for the new vehicle with the car salesman, the Tug Boat is brought in. Hits me in the knee, shattering my leg to pieces.
temci	Tempt- She. I am tempted by a female.	time	I keep staring at the clock, waiting for the hour to be up.	Each time I stare at the clock, it transforms into a tempting-she.
selfu	Sell-Food	serve	I think of a waiter.	Might be too easy. Think of the waiter actively "selling" the food. Like an active salesman or an auctioneer.
tcati	Chatty. I think of a certain personal friend who is very chatty, who won't stop talking.	tea	I think of hot tea / cup and saucer.	The only way I can get my chatty friend to shut up is to pour my hot tea on her.
gerna	Gurney-Naaah	grammar	A grammar-school marm, doing "sentence diagrams" on the board.	Medics barge into the classroom and throw the school marm onto the guerney. Will she be ok? "naaah".
vasru	Vase-Room (pronounce vase with an "ah" sound). This is a room full of vases.	contain	I think of a container. Specifically, the box from "Dick in a box" on Saturday Night Live skit.	I open the box, and see thousands of vases. In fact, it's an entire vase room.
cikna	Shiek-Naaah.	awake	I try to awaken my son in the morning.	I go to my son's room to awaken him, and a Shiek won't let me in. He stops me at the door, saying "naaah".
dirba	Deer-Bat. Bambi is smashing things with a baseball bat.	dear	I think of a Dear John Letter.	I am furious to receive a Dear John Letter from my lover who happens to be a Deer (Bambi), so I hit her with a bat!
notci	Note-She	message	message in a bottle.	It's a love note from that special woman!
steci	Steady-She. This is my steady girlfriend in high school, she wears my ring.	specific	A survey asks you to "Be Specific".	The survey asks you to recall something. I think back to my youth, and my steady-she. She was specific to me.
sruri	Sir Roo Read. Roo is a character in Winnie-the-Pooh books (a baby kangaroo).	surround	Indians surround Custer.	As the Indians are attacking, Custer pulls out a book, and shows the Indians Roo, the kangaroo, and says "Sir Roo, read!" (and Roo is reading in the book).
mlana	Mill Anna. An old-fashioned river-powered mill, where Anna Kournakova lives.	side	Side of a barn. I think of actually standing in front of it, and walking around to the side.	I walk around and see Anna playing tennis there, by the side of the barn, near the river, as the mill works away.
carvi	Shard-Vee. A V-formation of geese is dropping shards of sharp glass on people.	rain	Puddles, with raindrops hitting their surface.	I step out into the puddle, and step on a sharp shard of glass. Tons are falling from the sky. I look up to see the V-formation, and the geese are laughing. Or the glass rains down from the V.
darxi	Dark-He. This is a famous dark-skinned man. Obama, for me.	hit	I hit something with a bat.	Imagining meeting the president for the first time, and hitting him with a bat.
raktu	Rack Two. This is a billiard table with two racks of balls on it.	trouble	The board game "Trouble", which was a favorite as a kid.	The visualization is that the Trouble board is in the middle of a billiard table, and as I am trying to play Trouble, Billiard players are striking pool balls around me, interupting my game.
cpana	Ship-Anna. I think of a ship up on a shelf. We have a ship on a shelf in our house. And Anna Kournakova is up there too.	upon	I think of a high shelf to put stuff upon.	The ship is on the high shelf.
minde	Mean-deck	command	I think of a captain issuing a command to a subordinate on a ship deck.	The captain is commanding the subordinate to fix the "mean deck", and the subordinate "tickles" the deck to get the deck to laugh.
srera	Sir-Error. (also see the word Eraser transformed into srEra) Sir Error is a knight who makes a lot of mistakes (in writing), and erases a lot.	err	A written mistake that requires erasing.
cpedu	Ship-Ped-dew (or if you prefer, ship.edu - a domain name for a sailor's university). Even Jepetto from Pinnochio could work, although it's a stretch.	request	A written request or application - a school application.	I request admission to sailor school (ship.edu). I find out that I am going to have to pedal the ship, working up a sweat. (Ship-ped-dew)
vlipa	Flea-pa (helps to think of the fleas in a V pattern)	powerful	I think of a king or a general or a person in power	The general is to match in battle to the mighty father Flea, who commands his army and destroys the powerful general's army.
fatci	Fat She - I think of a particular fat woman I know	fact	A well known fact, something that kids learn early. I use "1+1=2" and picture teaching a child that fact.	I use examples to teach the child the fact. One apple plus one apple. One pie plus one pie. Then the Fat-She comes and eats it all, and becomes fatter.
vreta	Loretta (someone you know, or a famous person)	reclining	A recliner chair.	Loretta is reclining in the chair.
jinto	Jean-Toe	well	A wishing well.	Picture Jean (maybe some famous Jean) stubbing her toe on the well. She has pain, and water comes shooting out like an oil well.
cladu	Shell Adieu. A frenchman (wearing a baret?) with a Shell up to his ear. He hears something and says "adieu"	loud	A loud piercing airhorn noise.	The frenchman listens to the shell, and is shocked when an airhorn sound comes out of the shell, and he screams "Adieu!"
klaku	Clock-Coo-Coo	weep	A weeping widow, over her husband's body, as he breathes his last breath.	The coo-coo clock goes off, just as the old man dies, and the widow weeps (tears flood the room, a foot deep)
zifre	Zzz- Friend. I think of my close friend, sleeping.	free	I think of Paul Revere (Patriots) riding through the streets of New England (fighting for freedom).	Paul Revere, stopping at my Z-friend's house wakes him from a deep sleep "The British are coming" We'll soon be free, Friend!
xanri	Hand-Read - Picture a palm reader.	imaginary	I think of ghosts.	Paml reader is helping me get in contact with Ghosts.
danfu	Dan-Food. Some famous Dan (Aykroyd?) pigging out on food.	answer	I think of answering the phone.	I answer the phone, and can't figure out who's on the other end of the line. It's Aykroyd, and he's stuffing his face with food. I can "see" him with the mess all over him.
rivbi	Reeves- Bee (Superman was George Reeves / Christopher Reeve). Superman is attacked by a bee.	avoid	Swerve to avoid something, while driving.	What was in the road that I almost hit? It was Superman, swatting at a bee. The bee wins.
spaji	Spa-Jean	surprise	Surprise party - people are jumping out at me and yelling.	After they yell "Surprise!", the crowd clears away from a spa (hot tub). I get in, ruining my new Jeans (fading them from the chlorine). The whole time I am in the spa, people keep jumping out, yelling "Surprise!"
cange	Shawn- Get. A famous Shawn (Shawn Hannity). Yelling "Shawn, Get" (as kids, we'd yell that, to mean "get moving!" or "Go!")	farm	Traditional Farm house with a barn and pigs and chickens.	Out at the farm, the cattle got loose, and I yell at Shawn Hannity. "Shawn Get!"
citno	Sheet-No!	young	Finding out that the girl is under-age.	The police come and arrest you for being with an under aged girl, and you tell "Sheet No!" (or "No, we never hit the sheets!")