What are some theme ideas for naming Quarky's seven fish?

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The discussion revolves around naming seven fish belonging to a user, with participants suggesting various thematic naming ideas. Themes proposed include the seven colors of the rainbow, the Seven Dwarfs, the seven deadly sins, and the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Other suggestions include names from literature, science, and even kitchen utensils. There is a humorous exchange about the personalities of fish, with some participants advocating for naming based on personality rather than a theme, while others enjoy the creativity of thematic names. The conversation also touches on the practicality of naming conventions and the idea of changing names frequently. Overall, the thread showcases a blend of creativity, humor, and light-hearted debate about naming conventions for pets.
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So @ProfuselyQuarky has ##7## fish. What are some good names if we want the seven names to follow the same theme?
 
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lol micromass! This is hysterical :oldlaugh:
 
Seven colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
 
Yarn fibers: Merino, Shetland, Reyon, Chenille, Tweed, Fleece, Cotton
 
The Seven Dwarfs: Happy, Sneezy, Sleepy, Bashful, Dopey, Grumpy, doc which are also the various stages of cocain addiction. Snowwhite... cocain...
 
The seven sins: Lust, Envy, Gluttony, Greed, Wrath, Pride, Sloth. Especially fun if you watched fullmetal alchemist: brotherhood...
 
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micromass said:
which are also the various stages of cocain addiction.
o_O
 
There are seven millenium prize problems:
Poincare conjecture
P vs NP
Hodge conjecture
Riemann hypothesis
Yang-Mills
Navier-Stokes
Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer
 
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Slartibartfass, Fenchurch, Arthur Dent, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Marvin, Ford Prefect and of course Douglas Adams.

Edit: Don't forget: On the 25th is Towel Day!
 
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micromass said:
Seven Dwarfs:
Color coded with the colors of the rainbow. Now we just have to assign the colors to the Dwarfs...
 
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7 notes: Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Si
 
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Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
 
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Fancy calling a fish Slartibartfass or Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer!

Kitchen untensils: Spoon, Fork, Spork, Wisk, Knife, Spatula
 
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Seven Buddhist factors to enlightenment: mindfulness, investigation, energy, happiness, tranquility, concentration, equi-animity
 
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fresh_42 said:
Don't forget: On the 25th is Towel Day!
Towels: washcloth, hand towel, bath towel, beach towel, kitchen towel, baby towel, rug
 
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Some sporadic groups:

Fisher-Griess Monster, Baby-Monster, Thompson, Harada-Norton, Suzuki, Conway, Mathieu
 
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fresh_42 said:
I strongly recommend not to take these. All but one are destroyed ...
Hinting that all but one of my fish would become destroyed, too?
 
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fresh_42 said:
I strongly recommend not to take these. All but one are destroyed ...

There's the new world wonders too: Great Wall of China, Petra, Colosseum, Chichen Itza, Machu Picchu, Tay Mahal, Christ the redeemer
 
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7 SI base units: metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, mole, candela.
 
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Samy_A said:
7 SI base units: metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, mole, candela.

I've always wondered why kilogram is the SI base unit and not gram...
 
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Paradoxes: Russell, Banach-Tarski, Skolem, Curry, Zeno, Monty Hall, Burali-Forti
 
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Samy_A said:
7 SI base units: metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, mole, candela.
I love that!
micromass said:
I've always wondered why kilogram is the SI base unit and not gram...
Ditto. It's a crime.
 
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Seven basic types of root systems! Unfortunately they go from A to G but you could paint the Dynkin diagrams on your fish :cool:.
 
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My overly-used interjections: oh, ah, bah, uh, nah, gee, gosh
 
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fresh_42 said:
Seven basic types of root systems! Unfortunately they go from A to G but you could paint the Dynkin diagrams on your fish :cool:.

Or you can name them after the associated polytopes, but there are more than 7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coxeter_group
 
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fresh_42 said:
but you could paint the Dynkin diagrams on your fish :cool:.
Fish tattoos! Does that go under animal abuse?
 
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The 7 "planets" known in antiquity: Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn
 
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ProfuselyQuarky said:
Fish tattoos! Does that go under animal abuse?
No, that's normal for inmates.
 
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Samy_A said:
The 7 "planets" known in antiquity: Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn
Actually, their Akkadian names are better: Šamaš, Sin, Lubat-gud, Muštabarru, Umun-sig-êa, Dele-bat, Lu-bat-sag-uš.

Clearly time to go to bed.
 
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Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, South-America, North-America, Antarctica
 
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From the List of 7: Jack, Arthur, Larry, Barry, Alexander, Bram, Eileen.
 
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Hurricane, Tornado, Earthquake, Volcano, Tsunami, Blizzard, Heat wave
 
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micromass said:
Heat wave
That's a natural disaster?
 
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Antarctica, Sahara, Gobi, Kalahari, Patagonia, Atacama, Mojave
 
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ProfuselyQuarky said:
That's a natural disaster?

Change it by wildfire then
 
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Trump, Obama, Bush, Clinton, Reagan, Carter, Ford
 
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micromass said:
Change it by wildfire then
Fair enough.

Common hard woods: cherry, walnut, mahogany, rosewood, maple, oak, teak.
 
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micromass said:
Trump, Obama, Bush, Clinton, Reagan, Carter, Ford
Oh, gosh, you're suggesting that Trump's going to be the next president :olduhh:
 
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Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Verdi, Rachmaninoff, Haydn, Chopin
 
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ProfuselyQuarky said:
Oh, gosh, you're suggesting that Trump's going to be the next president :olduhh:

Last one too :biggrin:
 
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Laniakea, Virgo, Local Group, Milky Way, Solar System, Inner Planets, Earth, ...
 
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micromass said:
Antarctica, Sahara, Gobi, Kalahari, Patagonia, Atacama, Mojave
How about Namib?
 
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Trump, Francis, Benedict, John Paul, Paul, John, Pius
 
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fresh_42 said:
How about Namib?
Sure, you can add and remove some
 
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micromass said:
Trump, Francis, Benedict, John Paul, Paul, John, Pius
:eek: Pope Trump ... o:) o:)
 
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Mao, Hitler, Leopold II, Stalin, Tojo, Nicholas II, Yahya Khan
 

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