A Very Odd 6 Degrees Of Separation
Lets play a fun little game.
Recently a friend and I were sharing personal stories about the Middle East when we realized that we know a lot of famous and influential people through just one or two of our friends or family. It reminded me of the six degrees of separation theory, the theory that all people in the world know each other through at least 5 people (with yourself being one, 1+5=6).
I decided to write down a list of people I know within as little seperations as possible.
But first here are the rules.
1. Each person in the chain of people must know the following person in the link PERSONALLY. For example: If your Dad’s, friends, accountant once gave Brad Pitt directions to McDonalds, it doesnt count. They must personally know each other!
2. You can’t use a person on the list to connect to other famous people. For example: If your cousin is friends with Donald Rumsfeld you cant also say you know George Bush just because Donald Rumsfeld knows George Bush. Otherwise you could use the one famous person to say you know each and every single famous person on earth. Got it.
3. Degrees are counted as the link between you and one person followed by the next link and the third person. For Example: Me-1->Friend-2->The Queen of England = 2 Degrees.
Who do I know?
ENTERTAINERS
George Wassouf – 2 degrees
Amr Diab – 2 degrees
Mariam Fares – 2 degrees
Ragheb Alama – 2 degrees
Omar Sharif – 2 degrees
Muhammed Ali – 2 degrees
Arnold Schwarzenegger – 3 degrees
Michael Jordan – 3 degrees
POLITICIANS
Gamal Abdel Nasser – 2 degrees
Bashar al-Assad – 2 degrees
Rafik Hariri and the Hariri family – 2 degrees
Fouad Siniora – 2 degrees
The Saudi Royal family – 2 degrees
George Bush – 3 degrees
Saddam Hussein – 3 degrees
SCUM BAGS
The first Palestinian suicide bomber (April 16th 1993) – 2 degrees
Hassan Nasrallah – 2 degrees
Osama bin Laden – 3 degrees
I know what you’re thinking but trust me, even I cant believe this list!
Any blogger who wants to try it themselves go ahead, consider this my official Tag.
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That is fantastic!
I know this is probably not meant to be funny but I laughed throughout the post, especially at the scum bag part.
Esra’a I am often funny when not trying to be! Its comes naturally.
Welcome back. Thanks. But before we “speak” again to each other, I’ll have to admit that I didn’t get to know you the last time you were around. I don’t know if you are good Muslims or bad. Will you describe yourselves? Myself–I don’t think I have a mean bone in my body. I try to imitate gentle, forgiving Jesus Christ, but I have to admit that I don’t do a very good job in that area. If you recall, Jesus forgave the woman caught in adultery. I, too, can forgive a woman who commits adultery. I don’t hate anyone, not even the bad ass Muslims. I pray for everyone, even the bad ass Muslims like Moumoud, what’s his name, from Iran. I’m very understanding. I’m now an old man, actually ancient history to most of you young people. If you’re nice, then, I will allow you to be my friend if, of course, you want to be my friend. May the God of Love bless you. By the way, it isn’t an opinion when I say that I pray for everyone and that I don’t hate anyone. It’s the truth. Thank you. Philip Saenz
It is very interesting but i don’t get rule number
can someone explain it to me thanks
my english is not perfect so maybe that is why
Carl
let say I met personnaly and talk for an hour with Paul Mccartney who met the queen of england i would say i am at 2 degree of the queen… no
I believe you are nice Muslims. I have met some Muslims who were very nice, but that’s because they didn’t follow The Muslim War Manual, i.e., the Qur’an. If you were truly evil, you would be an authentic Muslim. I know that you would not follow the Qur’an. That’s what makes you so nice.
“Infidels are your sworn enemies,”(Sura 4 Verse 101). I believe you are so nice that you don’t see me as your “sworn enemy.” Or do you?
“Make war on the infidels around you,”(Sura 9 Verse 123 and Sura 66 Verse 9). You wouldn’t make war against me, would you?
“Be ruthless to the infidels,”(Sura 48 Verse 29). I’ll bet you’re not ruthless. I’ll bet you’re actually real sweet.
“Never be a helper to the disbeliever,” (Sura 28 Verse 26). I’ll bet you’re not at all like that.
Philip you’re both irrelevant and you come off like a disturbing extremist whose intention is to simply provoke, not to inspire decent discussions. So with all due respect, I find it hard to believe that anyone here is interested in your bigoted Islamophobia. If you have nothing constructive to say, do us all a favour; don’t say it.
Dear Esra, I’m trying to prove that nice so-called Muslims are not Muslims at all. If they were authentic Muslims, they would be very wicked. I sincerely believe that good so-called Muslims have been deceived. I wish I could see you face to face so that you would see how sincere and logical I am.
Esra, are you really nice? If you are really nice, then you’re not a Muslim. Don’t get so defensive. No, I’m not an Islamophobe and an extremeist. I’m a very gentle person and very understanding. Let me say it again: If you are a very nice person, you’re not a Muslim. Why? If you are a nice person, you’re not following the Qur’an 100%.