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Title: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Gyrre on 23 Jul 2019, 06:05
In comic #3906 - Family Citrus, Lemon states she has 2048 sisters (https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3906) (including Melon).

Anyone care to help me compile a list of names?
Alternatively, you could say the name of your favorite fruit. If it hasn't already been listed, feel free to make the text pink or yellow.

EDIT: *derp* Forgot link
EDIT 2: Feel free to suggest possible personality quirks or professions as well.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Gyrre on 23 Jul 2019, 06:11
Here's 68 72 arranged from A-W (I couldn't quickly find any that started with X, Y, or Z).

Apple
Apricots
Avocado
Banana
Blackberries
Blackcurrant
Blueberries
Breadfruit
Cantaloupe
Carambola
Cherimoya
Cherries
Clementine
Coconut Meat
Cranberries
Custard-Apple
Damson
Date Fruit
Durian
Elderberries
Feijoa
Figs
Gooseberries
Grapefruit
Grapes
Guava
Habanero
Honeydew Melon
Jackfruit
Java-Plum
Jalapeño
Jujube Fruit
Kiwifruit
Kumquat
Lemon
Lime
Longan
Loquat
Lychee
Mandarin
Mango
Mangosteen
Mulberries
Nectarine
Olives
Orange
Papaya
Passion Fruit
Peaches
Pear
Persimmon
Pineapple
Pitanga
Plantain
Plums
Pomegranate
Prickly Pear
Prunes
Pummelo
Quince
Raspberries
Rose-Apple
Sapodilla
Sapote, Mamey
Soursop
Strawberries
Sugar-Apple
Tomato
Tomatillo
Tamarind
Tangerine
Watermelon

EDIT: Screw it. Not having jalapeños, habaneros, tomatoes, and tomatillos on their was going to bug the crap out of me.
EDIT 2: I should have double-checked the list. As it's been pointed out, rhubarb is indeed only eaten as a vegetable as the seed pods (and leaves) will make you quite sick.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Oenone on 23 Jul 2019, 07:01
Dragon Fruit
Ackee (possibly deadly if you try to befriend her before she’s ready)
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: cesium133 on 23 Jul 2019, 07:01
A couple of her Brazilian sisters (that I've had caipirinhas made from):
Cashew
Cajá (as far as I know there's no commonly accepted English term for this fruit. Wikipedia uses the term 'hog plum', but also uses it for several unrelated species.)

And a rural American sister:
Paw paw
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: cybersmurf on 23 Jul 2019, 08:05
I am tempted to throw in Sarsaparilla, if you accept that.

Question is: are all 2048 (or is it 2049, actually?) fruits? Could it be some are named after minerals, like Lapislazuli, or Indigo?

And is there wn octarine sister?
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: JoeCovenant on 23 Jul 2019, 08:28

Crab-Apple
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: thedevilissix on 23 Jul 2019, 13:38
Humour the Swedes and get Lingonberry in there 🇸🇪🇸🇪
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: thedevilissix on 23 Jul 2019, 13:41
Also:

Rambutan
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambutan
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: OldGoat on 23 Jul 2019, 13:47
Rhubarb's a vegetable.  It does a damn fine job of masquerading as fruit in pies, etc., but it's still a veg.

Quote from: Gyrre on 23 Jul 2019, 06:11
Here's 68 72 arranged from A-W (I couldn't quickly find any that started with X, Y, or Z).

Apple
Apricots
Avocado
Banana
Blackberries
Blackcurrant
Blueberries
Breadfruit
Cantaloupe
Carambola
Cherimoya
Cherries
Clementine
Coconut Meat
Cranberries
Custard-Apple
Date Fruit
Durian
Elderberries
Feijoa
Figs
Gooseberries
Grapefruit
Grapes
Guava
Habanero
Honeydew Melon
Jackfruit
Java-Plum
Jalapeño
Jujube Fruit
Kiwifruit
Kumquat
Lemon
Lime
Longan
Loquat
Lychee
Mandarin
Mango
Mangosteen
Mulberries
Nectarine
Olives
Orange
Papaya
Passion Fruit
Peaches
Pear
Persimmon
Pineapple
Pitanga
Plantain
Plums
Pomegranate
Prickly Pear
Prunes
Pummelo
Quince
Raspberries
Rhubarb
Rose-Apple
Sapodilla
Sapote, Mamey
Soursop
Strawberries
Sugar-Apple
Tomato
Tomatillo
Tamarind
Tangerine
Watermelon

EDIT: Screw it. Not having jalapeños, habaneros, tomatoes, and tomatillos on their was going to bug the crap out of me.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Gyrre on 23 Jul 2019, 15:00
I ran into that sort of thing with every one of the first few lists. That one is easy to miss.
Mistaking broccoli and radishes as fruit is unforgivable, though.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Gyrre on 23 Jul 2019, 15:07
Oh, of course. Deadly Nightshade. (It's not edible, but it's still a berry).

Perhaps she's a sleep apnea specialist?
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Theta9 on 23 Jul 2019, 16:04
Why are there 2049 in all? 2048 is a round number in binary; 2049 isn't anything.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: zisraelsen on 23 Jul 2019, 16:27
Lemon has said that she has 2048 sisters. I think it was while she was in virtual-scape with Eoko but I dont know the strip number.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: jwhouk on 23 Jul 2019, 16:37
From here: https://www.fruitsinfo.com/fruit-list.php

Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Gyrre on 23 Jul 2019, 17:31
Nice addition!
We've got some overlap between the two long ones, but that's okay.

I didn't know nutmeg was considered a fruit.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: JoeCovenant on 24 Jul 2019, 01:56

Given the number of sisters, and they few we have seen, it may be a little presumptuous to assume they are ALL fruit-related.
Maybe there are veg and pulses and nuts too!

(Cos they all seem a BIT nuts!?)  :)
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Zebediah on 24 Jul 2019, 03:53
I really want to meet Bearberry.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: JimC on 24 Jul 2019, 04:32
Quote from: JoeCovenant on 24 Jul 2019, 01:56
Given the number of sisters, and they few we have seen, it may be a little presumptuous to assume they are ALL fruit-related.
Maybe they are all combinations of E, L, M, N and O , and the fruit is just a coincidence?
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Tova on 24 Jul 2019, 04:36
Quote from: JoeCovenant on 24 Jul 2019, 01:56

Given the number of sisters, and they few we have seen, it may be a little presumptuous to assume they are ALL fruit-related.
Maybe there are veg and pulses and nuts too!

(Cos they all seem a BIT nuts!?)  :)

I finally decided to show up in here, and Joe spoiled my dissenting fun.  :-P

We know that Melon has one sister named Lemon, and so naturally we assume that all 2048 must be named after fruits. When it could even be that the only ones named after fruits are those two.

Or there could be a scheme based on foods. Or colours. Or their most prominent characteristic, whatever that is. Or they could all just have five-letter names. Or...

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Quote from: JimC on 24 Jul 2019, 04:32
Quote from: JoeCovenant on 24 Jul 2019, 01:56
Given the number of sisters, and they few we have seen, it may be a little presumptuous to assume they are ALL fruit-related.
Maybe they are all combinations of E, L, M, N and O , and the fruit is just a coincidence?

Yes, or that!

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Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Theta9 on 24 Jul 2019, 06:39
Quote from: zisraelsen on 23 Jul 2019, 16:27
Lemon has said that she has 2048 sisters.
I'm aware; she brings the total to 2049 which is an odd, non-round number. So why 2049?
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: JoeCovenant on 24 Jul 2019, 06:41
Quote from: Theta9 on 24 Jul 2019, 06:39
Quote from: zisraelsen on 23 Jul 2019, 16:27
Lemon has said that she has 2048 sisters.
I'm aware; she brings the total to 2049 which is an odd, non-round number. So why 2049?

Family scandal...
One of the *sisters* is actually their mother!
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: cesium133 on 24 Jul 2019, 06:57
Quote from: Theta9 on 24 Jul 2019, 06:39
Quote from: zisraelsen on 23 Jul 2019, 16:27
Lemon has said that she has 2048 sisters.
I'm aware; she brings the total to 2049 which is an odd, non-round number. So why 2049?
Most robots use base-2. Melon's family is a bit... weird, so they use base-3.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: dutchrvl on 24 Jul 2019, 07:18
Quote from: JoeCovenant on 24 Jul 2019, 01:56

Given the number of sisters, and they few we have seen, it may be a little presumptuous to assume they are ALL fruit-related.
Maybe there are veg and pulses and nuts too!

(Cos they all seem a BIT nuts!?)  :)

I am hoping for some candy-related names too, mostly because I love the idea of one of them being goth-ish and named licorice.....
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Theta9 on 24 Jul 2019, 07:19
Quote from: cesium133 on 24 Jul 2019, 06:57
Quote from: Theta9 on 24 Jul 2019, 06:39
I'm aware; she brings the total to 2049 which is an odd, non-round number. So why 2049?
Most robots use base-2. Melon's family is a bit... weird, so they use base-3.
2049 is not  a round number in base-3 either.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: cybersmurf on 24 Jul 2019, 07:25
Quote from: cesium133 on 24 Jul 2019, 06:57
Quote from: Theta9 on 24 Jul 2019, 06:39
Quote from: zisraelsen on 23 Jul 2019, 16:27
Lemon has said that she has 2048 sisters.
I'm aware; she brings the total to 2049 which is an odd, non-round number. So why 2049?
Most robots use base-2. Melon's family is a bit... weird, so they use base-3.

One has been adopted.

which one? the odd one.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: OldGoat on 24 Jul 2019, 09:16
The first is unit Zero
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Thrudd on 24 Jul 2019, 13:03
Using my limited ability with search engines and atrocious typing skills I have come across the following in the X, Y, Z range of fruits.

Yangmei
Yantok
Yardlong bean
Yellow buckeye - ineddible
Yellow granadilla
Yellow mombin
Yellow oleander - poisinous
Yellow plum
Yew cones with seeds unremoved - no eat with seed or else end up killdead
Youngberry
Yuzu
Zig-zag vine fruit
Zucchini
Zwetschge    

I included legumes and  the like since they are technically part of the plants fruiting bodies that are consumed

I would like to add to the list in no particular order
Sweet Pea
Currant - Black, Red and white though red is my fave and my bushes are ready for harvest early this year.  :-D
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Mulberry because as kids we feasted on these every summer and our tree was HUGE with MASSIVE fruits, no little thanks to being within a few yards of the compost heap in the corner of the garden.
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Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Gyrre on 24 Jul 2019, 20:37
Quote from: dutchrvl on 24 Jul 2019, 07:18
Quote from: JoeCovenant on 24 Jul 2019, 01:56

Given the number of sisters, and they few we have seen, it may be a little presumptuous to assume they are ALL fruit-related.
Maybe there are veg and pulses and nuts too!

(Cos they all seem a BIT nuts!?)  :)

I am hoping for some candy-related names too, mostly because I love the idea of one of them being goth-ish and named licorice.....
What if Meringue and Lemon were best friends?
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Tova on 25 Jul 2019, 00:28
Quote from: Theta9 on 24 Jul 2019, 07:19
Quote from: cesium133 on 24 Jul 2019, 06:57
Quote from: Theta9 on 24 Jul 2019, 06:39
I'm aware; she brings the total to 2049 which is an odd, non-round number. So why 2049?
Most robots use base-2. Melon's family is a bit... weird, so they use base-3.
2049 is not  a round number in base-3 either.

They all use an 11-bit offset to address their internal table of sisters’ information. The table doesn’t include themself.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Theta9 on 25 Jul 2019, 06:58
Quote from: Tova on 25 Jul 2019, 00:28
They all use an 11-bit offset to address their internal table of sisters’ information. The table doesn’t include themself.
I guess that... sort of... makes sense... ?
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Thrudd on 25 Jul 2019, 10:43
Tangential thought

Tomato is really into roleplaying games and usually plays The BARD
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Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: hedgie on 25 Jul 2019, 10:48
Aren't tomatoes more useful than bards, though?
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Thrudd on 25 Jul 2019, 13:14
AD&D Bard Kicked hiney with Fighter combat abilities - Rogue skills - Druidic Spells
3.5 Bards, depending on archetype and prestige classes could step in for any of the other core classes.

Bard's Tale Bards were monsters - more so with a full party of Bards

Bards allow the rest of the party to survive in urban environments and at least cover the cost of food and lodging for the night with an impromptu jam at the local inn.

Also nobody ever thew a rotten Bard at a Tomato  :-D
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Nepiophage on 25 Jul 2019, 17:24
Mirabelle
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Gyrre on 26 Jul 2019, 03:07
Quote from: JimC on 24 Jul 2019, 04:32
Quote from: JoeCovenant on 24 Jul 2019, 01:56
Given the number of sisters, and they few we have seen, it may be a little presumptuous to assume they are ALL fruit-related.
Maybe they are all combinations of E, L, M, N and O , and the fruit is just a coincidence?

I checked into this.
Not allowing repetition gives you:
26 * 25 * 24 * 23 * 22 * 21 = 26!/20! = 165,765,600

So, that's probably not it.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Tova on 26 Jul 2019, 17:32
JimC's sentence is ambiguous as written, but I think the post was meant to propose that each of the names was some combination of E, L, M, N, and O; not that the names included every combination.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: zisraelsen on 26 Jul 2019, 18:41
Doesn't every non-repeating combination of 5 letters come out to 5!, which is only 120 combinations?
5 options for position 1 times 4 options for position 2, and so on?
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Stoutfellow on 27 Jul 2019, 07:52
If repetitions are allowed, the number goes up to 5^5 = 3125, which is of the same order of magnitude as Lemon's claim.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Penquin47 on 27 Jul 2019, 07:59
But I sure feel sorry for Eeeel.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Stoutfellow on 27 Jul 2019, 09:14
And Moooo, and Noooo. (I picture poor Meeee getting huge amounts of unneeded help, every time someone yells "Help meeee!") (Or when the end of "The Fly" plays.)
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Penquin47 on 27 Jul 2019, 12:06
I wonder how often Eenee, Menee, and Mmmmo get asked where Miney is.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: JimC on 28 Jul 2019, 02:46
Quote from: Stoutfellow on 27 Jul 2019, 09:14
And Moooo, and Noooo. (I picture poor Meeee getting huge amounts of unneeded help, every time someone yells "Help meeee!") (Or when the end of "The Fly" plays.)
But probably better than being called Death Apple or Poison Berry...

I refuse to extrapolate from two examples, but I should not be at all surprised if Mr Jacques is gaining a litle quiet amusement from us trying.

Now can anyone come up with a third fruit that also only contains the required letters? The only other anagram of lemon I can think of is monel, which is a high strength corrosion resistant alloy of nickel and copper. Perhaps not  a bad name for an AI, but maybe a less ditsy one than the Lemon/Melon clan appears to be.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Thrudd on 29 Jul 2019, 07:29
Quote from: JimC on 28 Jul 2019, 02:46
Now can anyone come up with a third fruit that also only contains the required letters? The only other anagram of lemon I can think of is monel, which is a high strength corrosion resistant alloy of nickel and copper. Perhaps not  a bad name for an AI, but maybe a less ditsy one than the Lemon/Melon clan appears to be.
I would picture Monel as the mighty sailor of the group.
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Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: cybersmurf on 29 Jul 2019, 14:17
Quote from: Thrudd on 24 Jul 2019, 13:03

Zucchini


That's not fruit, that's a vegetable!

Quote

Zwetschge

How did you find a German plum? No, seriously, I'm curious about your search parameters.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: OldGoat on 29 Jul 2019, 14:37
Quote from: cybersmurf on 29 Jul 2019, 14:17
Quote from: Thrudd on 24 Jul 2019, 13:03

Zucchini


That's not fruit, that's a vegetable!


It's the swollen ovary of the plant's flower, so botanically it's a fruit.  Like may others, though, it's considered a vegetable in a culinary context.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Theta9 on 29 Jul 2019, 14:55
Fruit is the seed-bearing part of a plant. All squash are fruit. So are cucumbers.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Gyrre on 29 Jul 2019, 17:30
Quote from: Theta9 on 29 Jul 2019, 14:55
Fruit is the seed-bearing part of a plant. All squash are fruit. So are cucumbers.
And tomatoes and peppers.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: OldGoat on 29 Jul 2019, 20:42
Even pumpkins.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: cybersmurf on 29 Jul 2019, 21:02
Quote from: Theta9 on 29 Jul 2019, 14:55
Fruit is the seed-bearing part of a plant. All squash are fruit. So are cucumbers.

But not strawberries.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Tova on 29 Jul 2019, 23:45
I feel like this is what Godwin would have written a Law about if he'd spent a lot of time hanging out in food forums.  :psyduck:

Just as all colour discussions, as they grow longer, invariably end with someone yelling BUT BLACK ISN'T A COLOUR.

There must be a whole family of these.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Theta9 on 30 Jul 2019, 06:46
Quote from: cybersmurf on 29 Jul 2019, 21:02
Quote from: Theta9 on 29 Jul 2019, 14:55
Fruit is the seed-bearing part of a plant. All squash are fruit. So are cucumbers.

But not strawberries.
Berf? :?
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Eternal_Newbie on 30 Jul 2019, 10:27
Will we include berries like bananas?

EDIT: not of those lists include citrons. Cant have citrus fruit without citrons.

And talking of citrus no bergamot either. And if you look at the citrus pages on wikipedia there are a whole load of unusual citrus fruit.

EDIT2: also the K work is a highly offensive term in Africa. Should use Makrut or Thai lime instead of k****r lime.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: tomveil on 30 Jul 2019, 19:31
She has two sisters who chose bodies that have no visual input, but have enhanced audio input.  They're named Blind Lemon and Blind Melon.

 :claireface:

I'll show myself out.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: SubaruStephen on 30 Jul 2019, 22:06
Throw “Crunchberry” onto that list too
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: pwhodges on 31 Jul 2019, 00:52
Cloudberry has not been mentioned yet (it makes a nice liqueur).
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: tomveil on 31 Jul 2019, 06:07
I wonder if they're related to Marvin Berry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dKrEDptjps
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Theta9 on 31 Jul 2019, 07:19
Quote from: tomveil on 31 Jul 2019, 06:07
I wonder if they're related to Marvin Berry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dKrEDptjps
What about Ken Berry, from the old Disney movies?
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: hedgie on 02 Aug 2019, 12:36
Jumping in late, but aren't figs very much NOT fruit?
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Theta9 on 02 Aug 2019, 12:45
Quote from: hedgie on 02 Aug 2019, 12:36
Jumping in late, but aren't figs very much NOT fruit?
How are they not? They contain seeds, don't they?
What do you think they are?
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: OldGoat on 02 Aug 2019, 14:33
Quote from: Theta9 on 02 Aug 2019, 12:45
Quote from: hedgie on 02 Aug 2019, 12:36
Jumping in late, but aren't figs very much NOT fruit?
How are they not? They contain seeds, don't they?
What do you think they are?
Yup, fruit.  In such symbiotic cahoots with wasps that they make you wonder sometimes, but still fruit. 
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: hedgie on 02 Aug 2019, 14:56
Commonly called one, but nope.  They're a mass of inverted flowers, or "false fruit".
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Gyrre on 04 Aug 2019, 06:22
I knew I'd be learning some new botany with this thread, but I didn't expect to learn terms like "false fruit".
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: cesium133 on 04 Aug 2019, 08:06
I think we may be nitpicking a bit too much here... in fact, I'll add to it by noting that Wikipedia begins its article on false fruits (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessory_fruit) with: "An accessory fruit (sometimes called false fruit, spurious fruit, pseudofruit, or pseudocarp) is a fruit in which..." (emphasis mine).
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Mr_Rose on 04 Aug 2019, 08:19
Given that we seem to have already accepted apples, which are another kind of ‘false fruit’, I figure dates, pears, mulberries, etc. are fine too.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Scarlet Manuka on 04 Aug 2019, 22:32
Quote from: cesium133 on 04 Aug 2019, 08:06
sometimes called false fruit, spurious fruit, pseudofruit, or pseudocarp
"Pseudocarp" sounds like it should be a kind of false fish, instead.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: OldGoat on 05 Aug 2019, 08:09
"False fruit" must be like a botanists' secret handshake - it's how they recognize one another in crowds. 

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Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Marco on 06 Aug 2019, 06:05
Uvaia  is a southern brazilian fruit. I'm almost shure it has no name in English.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Wingy on 08 Aug 2019, 09:17
Quote from: Theta9 on 31 Jul 2019, 07:19
Quote from: tomveil on 31 Jul 2019, 06:07
I wonder if they're related to Marvin Berry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dKrEDptjps
What about Ken Berry, from the old Disney movies?
Probably ought to stick with Love, American Style as the Disney shows, F-Troop, and Mama's Family don't fit the genre at all...   :-D
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: b_jonas0 on 09 Aug 2019, 02:23
Quote from: JimC on 24 Jul 2019, 04:32
Maybe they are all combinations of E, L, M, N and O , and the fruit is just a coincidence?
Yes.  Which means that Momo and Ellen are their sisters too.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Near Lurker on 09 Aug 2019, 03:19
I'm still wondering about the fact that there are apparently 2,049 of them.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Theta9 on 09 Aug 2019, 07:12
Quote from: Near Lurker on 09 Aug 2019, 03:19
I'm still wondering about the fact that there are apparently 2,049 of them.
You too, huh?
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Mr_Rose on 09 Aug 2019, 13:10
An overflow bug somehow caused a parity bit to be read as data. This is actually Yay’s secret origin.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Tova on 09 Aug 2019, 22:06
I know this is boring, but maybe there just happens to be 2049 of them, a perfectly unremarkable number that requires no special explanation whatsoever.  :roll:
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: cesium133 on 10 Aug 2019, 01:03
Factory worker 1: "How many chassis we got in stock?"
Factory worker A: "2049."
Factory worker 1: "Okay, load 'em up."
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Dandi Andi on 10 Aug 2019, 02:52
(https://i.imgur.com/y6v5edw.png)

Melon can grasp the concept of reading signs, but apparently not numbers. Maybe she has a problem understanding numbers. It might be a form of dyscalculia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyscalculia). And maybe it runs in AI families. There may not be 2048 of them at all. It may be that it just sounded like an appropriately large number to someone who doesn't really "get" numbers.

Being a power of 2, it may also be an AI goto number for arbitrary largeness. Lemon saying she has 2048 sisters could have been like a human saying "I have, like, a million cousins"; not a literal million, just arbitrarily large.

Or maybe they just have a problem counting sisters (https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/one-brother-restaurant/n10678).
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: cesium133 on 10 Aug 2019, 03:15
I'm not looking this up at 6 am after not sleeping at all tonight, but I seem to recall that that line was from Lemon, not Melon.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Dandi Andi on 10 Aug 2019, 04:01
Quote from: cesium133 on 10 Aug 2019, 03:15
I'm not looking this up at 6 am after not sleeping at all tonight, but I seem to recall that that line was from Lemon, not Melon.

Yup. Which is why I said,

Quote from: pecoros7 on 10 Aug 2019, 02:52
It might be a form of dyscalculia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyscalculia). And maybe it runs in AI families.

The suggestion being that maybe Lemon doesn't "get" numbers either.
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: DaiJB on 10 Aug 2019, 16:34
Hmm, there seems to be a dearth of Q's - try Quandong (Australian wild peach)
Title: Re: Fruit Sisters roll call
Post by: Gyrre on 12 Aug 2019, 17:33
If the discalculia hypothesis is untrue, it would be wildly improbable (even with their quirks) for them to all select the same chassis model and type.
I wonder if the green AI in today (Monday the 12th) is one of the fruit sisters.