6 Degrees of Seperation

[PalmettoTiger 1]

Hasn't this come up before?
I've heard the rules as "friendship, kinship, or professional association." Using that...
I have Paul Tibbets - pilot of the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima - in 4 degrees (me -> my Aunt Madeleine -> her adopted nephew -> his wife, who is the granddaughter of -> Paul Tibbets), so I probably have some more prominent military connections in 6 degrees.
I have Ron Jeremy in 3 degrees (me -> a friend -> his wife, who used to be in pr0n and 'worked' with -> Ron Jeremy), which means I probably have the whole porn industry in 6 degrees.
I have Ted Kaczynski - a.k.a. The Unabomber - in 3 degrees (me -> my neighbor David Bruck, a death-penalty defense lawyer -> his co-counsel in the Susan Smith case, who later represented -> The Unabomer), which doesn't really get me anywhere since there aren't many people in rural Montana.
Finally, I have JFK in 2 degrees (me -> the late Frank Sloan, who was the 1960 South Carolina campaign manager for -> JFK), which means I probably have all kinds of WWII, Harvard, mob, and political connections in 6 degrees.
Given that I can reach such diverse people as Ron Jeremy (and all of porn), Ted Kaczynski, JFK, and Paul Tibbets without having to try very hard, I'd bet that knowing 99% of the country within 6 degrees would be easy for anyone. Getting to 99% of the world would probably require two or three more degees, since we have so few international connections compared to the number of fellow countrymen we've met or worked with.
PTiger
I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating in a most peculiar way

[scottbre 0]

Check this out
20 million bathtubs can't be wrong. . .

[AndyMan 7]

One degree to Norman Jewison. Norman directed:
Dinner with friends,
The Huricane,
Other People's money,
Moonstruck,
Jesus Christ Superstar,
Fiddler on the Roof,
RollerBall (original),
Thomas Crowne Affair (original),
Plus a few others. I think he did West Side Story, too.
1 degree to John Candy.
1 degree to Glenn Goulde, a world rekonwn pianist.
2 degrees to Glenn Goulde. yes, I have two connections to Glenn.
All of the above can be a attributed to my high-school alumni association. Yup, all went to Malvern Collegiate Institude in Toronto.
1 degree to Allanah Myles, singer of "Black Velvet". She used to babysit me.
1 degree to Neal Peart, of Rush. I grew up a block from where he lived. I was in countless waterfights with him as a kid.
Yes, you can all touch me now.
_Am
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[sunshine 2]

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Make that laugh at his presence. I've seen him.

Wow, you've actually seen Clay? I hope one day i'm lucky enough to be able to say that....maybe he'll let me touch him too.
"Give until it feels good!" ~ Big Daddy

[Remster 24]

Andy: ist easy to know all these Canadian stras.. after all, we all know each othe rin that small contry....
PS: how old were u when Allanah babysat you, old enough to feel lucky? lol
Remster
Muff 914

[freeflir29 0]

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maybe he'll let me touch him too.

Only if you take me out for dinner and drinks first. I have been known to give it up on the first date though......"I only have a C license, so I don't know shit..right?"-Clay

[AndyMan 7]

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PS: how old were u when Allanah babysat you, old enough to feel lucky? lol

I was about 10. That would make it almost 20 years ago. She did used to sing to me as a kid, but I don't think she was at all trying to be profesional yet.
_Am
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[sunshine 2]

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Only if you take me out for dinner and drinks first. I have been known to give it up on the first date though......

Yeah, like someone would really have to take you out for dinner and drinks for you to give it up....
"Give until it feels good!" ~ Big Daddy

[ChromeBoy 0]

Clay is actually a very shy, innocent and good valued person. When I was at Skydive Atlanta with him the women were throwing their panties at him and whistling and asking him to give them certain pleasures and he just expressed that he was not that type of guy and that he had to get to know someone first before he would even ask them out on a date. His general rule of thumb is possibly a good night kiss on the first date but that is it.
Flying in a Blue Dream

[n2skdvn 0]

poor clay .........NOT!!!!!!!
j/k if ya can't dodge it RAM IT !!!!!!

[bbarnhouse 0]

Now WAIT A MINUTE! wasn't that Clay I saw in the movie "Two Tons Of Fun?" Shy my @$$
Love in the first degree........:)~~~~~~~~~~~~`
I have so many 3rd degree burns it isn't funny.........
And if I told ya all the degree of people I know, knew or associated with I would have to ehemmmm "erase" you. How's that for the tenth degree?
Oh yeah I have a couple of college degrees does that count?
It only takes a little pixie dust......

[Muenkel 0]

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what would make this more challenging is if you confined yourself to people who really know you, not just someone you shook hands with once & would never recognize you again

Elton John does know who I am and would recognize me the next time I see him.

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couldn't you pretty much cover anybody in the world within 6 degrees?

This is the whole point of 6 degrees of seperation.
Skydivers...they're just plain cool!
Chris

[lummy 4]

I am 6 degrees from myself....
Make up your own ending,let me know just how you feel....

[bbarnhouse 0]

Lummy~
I'm like the 12th of never......6 degrees in either direction. If we are going to name drop here....nah....I'm a legend in my own mind anyway.......rofl
It only takes a little pixie dust......

[dixieskydiver 0]

3 years later I ressurect this thread because I found this cool project being conducted by Columbia University.

http://smallworld.columbia.edu

I have a "target" in the Philippines and I registered to be a target as well.

Dixie
HISPA #56 Facil Rodriguez
"Scientific research has shown that 60% of the time, it works every time."

[NWFlyer 2]

It is pretty cool, and I got a target at Columbia University (not surprising, I guess, since the study is based there). I have a friend who's a PhD student at Columbia, so it will probably be pretty easy for me to find my target.

I started to register as a target myself, but realized that I was providing an AWFUL lot of very personal information that could then be accessed by anyone who decides to join in this experiment. It's not that I don't trust the researchers; I think it's a cool project and they are probably doing all they can to protect peoples' data, but what's to stop me (or anyone else) from adding a whole bunch of targets ... and now having access to their full name, residence, education, and employment history. All of which is lovely and useful stuff for anyone trying to engage in identity theft.

No, thanks.

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[2fat2fly 0]

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3 years later I ressurect this thread because I'm bored and I don't have a life and I'm too good to go skydive with my old friends

There, I fixed it for you.

I am not the man. But the man knows my name...and he's worried

[Beverly 1]

Don Cheadle
My sister taught his son while they were in SA filming new movie (3 degrees)

Brad Pitt
The brother of a friend of my sisters worked in the hotel he stayed in with Jennifer on his first visit to South Africa. (4 degrees)

Oprah Winfrey
I had breakfast with her at a function in South Africa.
(1 Degree)

This is too easy and they are all foreigners. If anyone can link me to Colin Farrell I would be forever grateful!

I think true friendship is under-rated

Twitter: @Dreamskygirlsa

[Muenkel 0]

Sweet Jesus, who thought up this dumb thread?

Lesson learned; be careful what you post...they may come back to haunt you.

Chris

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Chris