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Instead, Megan winds up making up names by tacking "Spice" onto words from other, completely unrelated categories: | Instead, Megan winds up making up names by tacking "Spice" onto words from other, completely unrelated categories: | ||
| − | *First guess: The {{w|Sense#Traditional senses|five human senses}}: | + | *First guess: The {{w|Sense#Traditional senses|five human senses}}: Hearing, Vision, Smell, Touch, and Taste. |
| − | *Second guess: The {{w|Kübler-Ross model|five stages of grief}}: | + | *Second guess: The {{w|Kübler-Ross model|five stages of grief}}: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance. |
| − | *Third guess: The {{w|Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse}}: | + | *Third guess: The {{w|Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse}}: War, Famine, Plague, and Death. |
| − | *Fourth guess: Words that are phonetically similar to the actual names: | + | *Fourth guess: Words that are phonetically similar to the actual names: Pog (Posh), Story (Sporty), Sarah (Scary), Gender (Ginger), and Baleen (Baby). |
This seems to be a continuation of [[1417: Seven]], where Megan asks Cueball to name the seven dwarfs. Apparently Megan confuses different sets of five (or four when she is not trying) which may be compared to the way Cueball mixes items from different sets of seven, thus not mentioning a full set, but just seven items from seven different sets of seven. | This seems to be a continuation of [[1417: Seven]], where Megan asks Cueball to name the seven dwarfs. Apparently Megan confuses different sets of five (or four when she is not trying) which may be compared to the way Cueball mixes items from different sets of seven, thus not mentioning a full set, but just seven items from seven different sets of seven. | ||
The title text has the correct "first" names of the Spice Girls, but replaces the "Spice" part of their names with "Extinction" to associate them with {{w|Extinction event#Major extinction events|Earth's five mass extinctions}}. The [http://www.endangeredspeciesinternational.org/overview.html five actual worst mass extinctions] are: | The title text has the correct "first" names of the Spice Girls, but replaces the "Spice" part of their names with "Extinction" to associate them with {{w|Extinction event#Major extinction events|Earth's five mass extinctions}}. The [http://www.endangeredspeciesinternational.org/overview.html five actual worst mass extinctions] are: | ||
| − | *The | + | *The Ordovician-Silurian extinction, |
| − | *The | + | *The Late Devonian extinction, |
| − | *The | + | *The Permian-Triassic extinction, |
| − | *The | + | *The End Triassic extinction, and |
| − | *The | + | *The Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction. |
Randall previously referenced the Spice Girls in [[1511: Spice Girl]] (more specifically, using "Which Spice Girl Are You?" as an example of online personality quizzes). | Randall previously referenced the Spice Girls in [[1511: Spice Girl]] (more specifically, using "Which Spice Girl Are You?" as an example of online personality quizzes). | ||
