So I've spent the day talking to and brainstorming with a lot of cool (and some dorky) people. So I've gotten a lot of ideas together courtesy of myself, Rue, Chandra, and this cool woman that I work with. I figured it would just be helpful to come up with a bunch of ideas for people, in case they were having trouble getting their own, or whatever... and it was really fun. These are the ideas we've got, in no particular order.Settlers of Britain: Picts, Celts, Saxons, Romans
cutlery: knife, fork, spoon, spork
We have weirder ones, trust me.card suits (which were based on different social statuses): clubs (serfs), diamonds (merchants), hearts (clergy), spades (upper class and nobility)
Orson Scott Card buff idea: Ender Wiggin, Valentine Wiggin, Peter Wiggin, Bean
Tamora Pierce buff idea: Briar, Sandry, Tris, Daja
nobility: duke, lord, count, earl
interior planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
celestial bodies: sun, moon, stars, planets
waters: ocean, lake (includes ponds, etc.), river (includes streams, etc.), rain
hair colors: blonde, brown, black, red
music: cd's, tapes, records, 8-tracks
swords: point, blade, hilt, scabbard
Star Wars: Princess Leia, Chewbacca, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo
locomotion: fly, swim, walk, creep
transportation: plane, train, automobile, boat
direction: North, South, East, West
Wizard of Oz: lion, Dorothy, tinman, scarecrow
moods: anger, joy, grief, fear
humours: hot, damp, cold, dry
tastes: sweet, sour, bitter, salty
orchestra: winds, strings, percussion, brass
four traditional enemies of the Federation (Star Trek): Klingons, Romulans, Cardassians, Borg
GLBT: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered
the arts: visual, drama, music, dance
senses (other than touch, which is sort of an overall sense): tongue (taste), nose (smell), ears (hear), eyes (see)
four main islands of Japan:
(*hopes he spells all of these correctly*) Honshu, Hokkaido, Shikoku, Kyushu
gems: diamonds, emeralds, rubies, sapphires
mathematics: Arithmatic, Algebra, Geometry, Calculus
man's underwear: boxers, briefs, boxer-briefs, thongs
necesseties: food, shelter, water, clothing
marauders: Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, Prongs
Do we really know which houses each of them was in? And which do you think they should have been in, anyway?oceans: Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic
Apostles: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
*sighs* I was with Chandra... *knows this is no excuse* 98* members: Nick, Jeff, Drew, Justin
*grins* I was with Chandra... *knows this does not really imply he is as clever as Chandra* Matriarchs of Judaism: Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, Leah
*sighs again* *NSYNC cd's: *NSYNC, Christmas Album, No Strings Attached, Celebrity
positions: lie, kneel, sit, stand
funny story in there about having sex shoved up against a wall as opposed to a fence, heh... weird bathroom conversations...gardens: vegetable, flower, herb, rock
parts of the 24-hour day: dawn, day, dusk, night
parts of the body: head, trunk, arms, legs
precious medals: silver, gold, copper, platinum
four parts of the digestive system
Are there four?: stomache, large intestine, small intestine, colon
modes of socio-sexual congress: promiscuity, monogamy, polygyny (one man, more than one woman), polyandry (one woman, more than one man)
elements of the human spirit: body, mind, heart, soul
four-string quartet: bass, cello, violin, viola
four goddesses of the earth: Gaia, Rhea, Demeter, Persephone
body fluids: blood, phlegm, "yellow bile"
I think that's "pus", "black bile"
I can't remember what I thought that was. We think it might just be "bile".
So that's what we got. I understand that a few of them were a little kooky, and that others are kinda dumb, and that others kinda don't work perfectly. But, hey, at least we didn't mention "oranges, tangerines, mandarines, clementines"... So thieve away, and I'll work on an essay of my own when I get some time.