29-06-2005 03:46									#1
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Well... Just for fun-

I'm sure everyone here has heard at some time that everyone in the world is linked together by 6 degrees. Just for fun, how about we see how well us Apolytoners are linked by tracing our lines through famous people.

Please only count famous people you have say- exchanged more than a few words with, rather than just 'could you please sign this baseball...' 'or it's a pleasure to meet you, mr. governor.'

Here's what I have:

*President of the USA: George Bush Jr. (2 degrees)
*President of the USA: John F. Kennedy (2 degrees)
*King of Saudi Arabia: (3 degrees- 'through one of the princes... or through george bush, either way works.')
*Don Henley of the Eagles [they're a rock band] (2 degrees)

Well, that's as good as I can do off the top of my head right now... how about you?

	29-06-2005 03:49									#2
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Bill Clinton: 2 degrees
Lots of other famous World politicians: also 2 degrees

	29-06-2005 03:51									#3
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-have a relative in politics?

my contact's in oil

Sadly- despite many years of labour in Norway, he missed out on meeting the King of Norway so I cannot claim him as a 2 degree contact.

(We're probably linked through about 5 degrees then.)

	29-06-2005 04:02									#4
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My sister shook hands with Bush, and a guy in my Dad's lawfirm (whom I know personally) was a counsel for Cheney. Through the two degrees of separation with Bush, I have three degrees with most other politicians, I assume.

	29-06-2005 04:04									#5
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I can get to Tony Blair in one step via John Prescott who would link to Bush so I am linking to some of you lot pretty quickly

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I'm two degrees away from the majority of the federal government, since my dad works with Bob Dole and Tom Daschle.

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Tom Daschle? What's an important man like your dad doing working with Tom Daschle?

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His dad was gloating about how many bathrooms his house had in comparison

	29-06-2005 04:18									#9
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quote: Originally posted by Jaguar Tom Daschle? What's an important man like your dad doing working with Tom Daschle?

My dad had to do some work for the firm's lobbying ( :vomit: ) division.

	29-06-2005 04:21									#10
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Ah, well if you're a lobbyist, then you go to Daschle. That makes sense.

	29-06-2005 04:31									#11
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Seems like all of us are linked within 5 degrees- I guess it's the famous politicians who explain the linkages...

I guess that last 6th degree is just to catch the 0.000001% of the world who is so isolated that they don't know any peple who know any people who know any people who know any people who know any politicians.

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quote: Originally posted by DarkCloud Seems like all of us are linked within 5 degrees- I guess it's the famous politicians who explain the linkages... I guess that last 6th degree is just to catch the 0.000001% of the world who is so isolated that they don't know any peple who know any people who know any people who know any people who know any politicians.

probably-- I had dinner with Brian Tobin who is a former Canadian cabinet minister. That gets me to the current and past prime minister of Canada which gets me at 3 degrees to Bush, Bush, Clinton and every G-8 leader for the past what 15 years at a minimum.

Then add in 1 degree folks who have LIVED in Pakistan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Kazikstan,Kuwait, Qatar.

I bet that if I checked it out, I have personally met with people that , between them, have visited every country on the planet with a population of in excess of a million. ( if you think this is tough, you may be right but remember my job is in FRONTIER oil and gas so some of those out of the way African countries you may be thinking of are caught pretty quickly-- a buddy of mine worked Africa for 20 years and just today I was talking to someone that just got back from Angola)

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Ah, so you worked not with a big oil firm but one of the small consulting ones?

My relative worked MEPTEC (exploration and technology) with Mobil Oil.

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Met and shook hands with B Clinton 3 times. 2 times while he was governor and 1 time while he was president.

Met Hillary Clinton once

Met and shook hands with Bush Sr. 1 time

2 degrees separted from Bush Jr. either through Clinton or Bush Sr.

2 degrees separted from Britiney Spears through an ex girlfriend who knows the family in Louisana.

	29-06-2005 05:37									#15
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Crap how did I leave out Metallica. Attended an after concert party in Nashville because my friend was a member of the fan club and we worked before the concert handing out Metallic stuff.

	29-06-2005 05:39									#16
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I'm two degrees to all the major American Republican politicians and most major Democratic politicians for the past half century and all the major RC hierarchy for the last quarter century. I guess that puts me within 3 degrees of a couple billion people or so.

	29-06-2005 05:49									#17
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quote: Originally posted by DanS I'm two degrees to all the major American Republican politicians and most major Democratic politicians for the past half century and all the major RC hierarchy for the last quarter century. I guess that puts me within 3 degrees of a couple billion people or so.

Same here, switching the two parties. edit: and excepting the remote control scene.

	29-06-2005 05:55									#18
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2 degrees to Pope JP II and Benedict increases my range globally rather substantially.

	29-06-2005 05:57									#19
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Psssh, shaking hands with someone once doesn't count.

I went to a Bill Clinton book signing, and he shook my hand and commented on my t-shirt, but I wouldn't count that as a connection. I met Ken Starr today, and since it wasn't a public event (it was at the Fox News studio) it'd be a little more relivant, but I still wouldn't honestly count it.

I met the Chairman of the Federal Parole Board once on the Metro. We talked for like 20 minutes. He gave me his business card and such. I can count him. He serves with the Attorney General and no doubt knows lots of people in the administration. So I know lots of higher ups that way.

Plus I know, on a first name basis, this one guy who works for the House Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, so through him, and her, I can get all the top political bigwigs on both sides of the aisle.

Plus I know lots of non-profit people of course, and a lot of them have political connections. So I'm pretty sure I've got everyone in Washington covered.

	29-06-2005 06:01									#20
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Oh, I forgot a few. One degree with Tim Russert. So two degrees with most politicians and members of teh liberal media (tm) that way too.

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quote: Originally posted by DanS 2 degrees to Pope JP II and Benedict increases my range globally rather substantially.

I would be suprised if only a few people here were 2 degrees from at least PJPII. I know I am.

	29-06-2005 06:08									#22
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quote: Originally posted by OzzyKP Psssh, shaking hands with someone once doesn't count. I went to a Bill Clinton book signing, and he shook my hand and commented on my t-shirt, but I wouldn't count that as a connection. I met Ken Starr today, and since it wasn't a public event (it was at the Fox News studio) it'd be a little more relivant, but I still wouldn't honestly count it.

Does it count if I got to sit down and talk or do I have to know him the the Biblical sense before I can count it as a connection.

	29-06-2005 08:01									#23
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Biblical.





(does that mean Ted Stricker wins?)

	29-06-2005 08:04									#24
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I was good friends with a future Jeopardy! College Champion as a child; so I'm 2 degrees from Alex Trebek, and thus 3 degrees from everyone who has even been on Celebrity Jeopardy! and Politicians Jeopardy!