Gaulle
Cycling with onions
38
CH
Charlton Heston
Baptizing
39
CN
Christie Nolan
Writing
40
DO
Dominic O'Brien
Playing cards
41
DA
David Attenborough
Crawling in bush
42
DB
David Bowie
Putting on make-up
43
DC
David Copperfield
Performing magic
44
DD
Dickie Davies
Combing hair
45
DE
Duke Ellington
Playing piano
46
DS
Delia Smith
Cooking
47
DG
David Gower
Playing cricket
48
DH
Daryl Hannah
Turning into mermaid
49
DN
David Niven
Percolating coffee
50
EO
Eeyore
Chewing thistles
51
EA
Eamon Andrews
Presenting red book
52
EB
Eric Bristow
Throwing darts
53
EG
Eric Clapton
Playing guitar
54
ED
Eliza Doolittle
Selling flowers
55
EE
Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards Skiing
56
ES
Ebeneezer Scrooge
Counting money
57
EG
Elizabeth Goddard
Miming
58
EH
Edward Heath
Conducting
59
EN
Emperor Nero
Giving the thumbs down
60
SO
Steve Ovett
Running
61
SA
Susan Anton
Diving into water
62
SB
Seve Ballesteros
Playing golf
63
SC
Sean Connery
Holding gun
64
SD
Sharron Davies
Swimming with rubber
65
SE
Stefan Edberg
Playing tennis
66
SS
Steven Spielberg
Pointing with ET
67
SG
Stephane Grappelli
Playing violin
68
SH
Sherlock Holmes
Smoking pipe, magnify
69
SN
Steve Nallon
Wearing blue dress
70
GO
George Orwell
In rat cage
71
GA
Gary Armstrong
Passing a rugby ball
72
GB
George Bush
Fishing
73
GC
Gerry Cottle
Swinging on trapeze
74
GD
Gerard Depardieu
Wielding sword
75
GE
Gloria Estafan
Singing
76
GS
Graham Souness
Operating table
77
GG
Germaine Greer
Burning bra
78
GH
Gloria Hunniford
Interviewing
79
GN
Gamal Nasser
Riding camel
80
HO
Hazel O'Connor
Breaking glass
81
HA
Howard Aiken
Operating computer
82
HB
Humphrey Bogart
Wearing mac and
83
HC
Henry Cooper
Splashing aftershave
84
HD
Humphrey Davey
Holding 'Davy' lamp
85
HE
Harry Enfield
Wearing diamond
86
HS
Harry Secombe
Weighing himself
87
HG
Hughie Green
Knocking on door
88
HH
Hulk Hogan
Wrestling
89
HN
Horatio Nelson
Manning the helm
90
NO
Nick Owen
Sitting on sofa
91
NA
Neil Armstrong
Wearing spacesuit
92
NB
Nigel Benn
Boxing
93
NC
Nadia Comaneci
Balancing on beam
94
ND
Neil Diamond
Sitting on rocks
95
NE
Noel Edmonds
Covered in gunge
96
NS
Nigel Short
Playing chess
97
NG
Nell Gwyn
Selling fruit
98
NH
Nigel Havers
Leading black horse
99
NN
Nanette Newman
Washing up
POWER TO THE PEOPLE
You should now have a complete list of people from 00 to 99, each one with their own individual action. I have cheated a little. One number reminds me of my late dog (47, DG). You might want to include a pet or a favourite race horse (Desert Orchid works well), but I strongly recommend that you limit yourself to the one animal. Stick with people.
When I was experimenting with this system, I found that certain numbers
were far more difficult to remember than others. Those that I had represented by intangible feelings such as love, peacefulness, and anger barely triggered off an image. Certain objects were good stimulants, but people proved to be the best all-rounders.
Committing all these characters to memory might sound like hard work, but it isn't, providing your associations are obvious. With a bit of practice, you will automatically think of two-digit numbers as people; if you can't remember the person, simply refer back to the alphabet (which is why you must learn the ten basic letters before moving on to the people). The letters are there to act as a mental prop. I suggest trying to remember twenty people a day.
HOW TO APPLY THE DOMINIC SYSTEM
Once you have memorized the cast, you have finished the hardest part of this book. They are the key to remembering telephone numbers, credit cards,
addresses, any number you want. They even hold the key to memorizing the entire twentieth-century calendar.
HOW TO MEMORIZE TWO-DIGIT NUMBERS
Let's assume that you want to memorize