My dad taught me at a young age about “Palegas,” one of the first memory aids I learned.  It represents the “Seven Deadly Sins” which are pride, avarice, lust, envy, gluttony, anger, and sloth.  I can recall them with little effort.

Some of you may know that there has been an attempt to link the seven characters on Gilligan’s Island to the seven deadly sins.  No kidding.

One guy says the seven sins are represented by everyone except Gilligan.  In this scheme, the Skipper got tagged with both gluttony and anger, so Little Buddy ends up as Satan!

It is interesting that the so-called “Seven Deadly Sins” are about as relevant today as Thurston Howell’s (the III!) musings about the stock market.