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public and personal names. Don't dwell on the letters themselves; they are simply an intermediary, a way of getting to a memorable image. And try not to ponder on why letters suggest particular people to you. It doesn't matter if your associations are strange, silly or even downright obscene.
    Here is a sample of my cast of characters:
    01 is my mother, the first person I came into contact with.
    My family initials are OB, so 02 (OB) is my father.
    17 (IG) reminds me of a pIG farmer friend.
    When I see 28 (BH), I think of someone I know who spends all their time in the BatH.
    60 (SO) makes me think of an old seamstress I know (SO...Sewing).
    79 (GN) reminds me of a friend called GordoN.
    80 (HO) makes me think of Santa Claus - Ho! Ho!
    81 (HI) suggests a hippy I know who is always coming up to me in the street and saying 'Hi'.
    HG is the symbol for mercury, so I associate 87 with a scientist I know.
    I have a friend who has a very prominent NoSe; he has become irrevocably linked with 96 (NS).
    MEMORABLE NUMBERS
    Certain numbers won't need to be translated into letters because they already suggest someone. For instance, 07 makes me think of James Bond; 10 makes me think of Dudley Moore (star of the film 10 ). It doesn't matter how you arrive at a person, providing you are sure to make the same association every time.
    INITIALS
    You can probably think of around fifty people using the methods I have
    outlined above. Personally, I managed to come up with about forty-five
    immediate associations. I then had to start scratching around for the more difficult numbers.
    If you are having problems with a number, treat the letters as the initials of a person. Take 33, for example; using the alphabet, this now represents CC (3=
    C; 3 = C). Or 65, for example: this now translates as SE (6 = S; 5 = E).
    Who do you know with the initials CC? Charlie Chaplin, perhaps, or
    Chubby Checker? or a family friend? What about SE? Stefan Edberg? Sue
    Ellen?
    Write down a list of all those numbers and letters that fail to trigger off any immediate association. Study the letters. Who has the initials BG (27)? Bob Geldof? Boy George? Billy Graham? What about BB (22)? Benazir Bhutto?
    Boris Becker? Brigitte Bardot?
    If you still can't think of someone using the numbers as initials, refer to the following list, but use it only after you have written out as many numbers as you can. Your associations are the most important.
    NUMB LETTER
    PERSON
    ACTION
    00
    OO
    Olive Oyl
    Eating spinach
    01
    OA
    Ossie Ardiles
    Playing football
    02
    OB
    Otto (von) Bismark
    Sitting in an army tank
    03
    OC
    Oliver Cromwell
    Loading musket
    04
    OD
    Otto Dix
    Painting
    05
    OE
    Old Etonian
    Wearing boater
    06
    OS
    Omar Sharif
    Playing backgammon
    07
    OG
    Organ Grinder
    Holding monkey
    08
    OH
    Oliver Hardy
    Swinging plank of wood
    09
    ON
    Oliver North
    Swearing on oath
    10
    AO
    Aristotle Onassis
    Carrying oil can
    11
    AA
    Arthur Askey
    Dancing with bees
    12
    AB
    Alastair Burnet
    Reading news
    13
    AC
    Andy Capp
    Lighting cigarette
    14
    AD
    Arthur Daley
    Selling second-hand car
    15
    AE
    Albert Einstein
    Chalking a blackboard
    16
    AS
    Arthur Scargill
    Carrying sack of coal
    17
    AG
    Alec Guinness
    Drinking Guinness
    18
    AH
    Adolf Hitler
    Goose-stepping
    19
    AN
    Andrew Neil
    Reading newspaper
    20
    BO
    Bill Oddie
    Holding binoculars
    21
    BA
    Bryan Adams
    Shooting arrow
    22
    BB
    Betty Boothroyd
    Banging, order!
    23
    BC
    Bill Clinton
    Waving US flag
    24
    BD
    Bernard Davey
    Pointing at weather map
    25
    BE
    Brian Epstein
    Playing records
    26
    BS
    Bram Stoker
    Driving stake in
    27
    BG
    Bob Geldof
    Knighting
    28
    BH
    Benny Hill
    Driving milk float
    29
    BN
    Barry Norman
    Operating film projector
    30
    CO
    Captain Oates
    Building snowman
    31
    CA
    Charles Adas
    Weightlifting
    32
    CB
    Cilla Black
    Blindfolded
    33
    CC
    Charlie Chaplin
    Bending cane
    34
    CD
    Christopher Dean
    Ice skating
    35
    CE
    Clint Eastwood
    Lassooing
    36
    CS
    Claudia Schieffer
    Striding along catwalk
    37
    CG
    Charles de