The Six Degrees of Separation Game.

[insomniac]

Fat Guy is/was a litigator

Harvesting bird's nests is dangerous work

FG could act for injured workers to claim damages from their employer

hehehehe now I'm getting stupid

Snoop Dog and twinkies

[annecros]

Good morning! Everyone ready to play?

Still in Play:

Virginia Woolf and He Cai Dai Mao

Attila the Hun and coconuts

Joan of Arc and baguong

Haile Selassie and Vienna Sausages

Pope Benedict (the current one) and oreos

Eva Peron and larb

Edward Kennedy and snails

Snoop Dog and twinkies

Can you do these in 3 or less degrees?

Sun Tzu and Hansen's Diet Black Cherry Soda

Tinky Winky and Sardinian Maggot Cheese

Sid Vicious and Girl Scout Cookie Thin Mints

Johann Strauss and arancini

Haile Selassie and Vienna Sausages

Kafka and pea soup

Edited January 14, 2007 by annecros (log)

[annecros]

Attila the Hun and coconuts

banging two coconut shells together to imitate horses hoofbeats is a sound effect

Monty Python used this for comedic effect in the movie "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"

Monty Python's Flying Circus TV program featured a regular sketch called "The Attila the Hun Show"

Oops - I almost forgot to add:

Sir Walter Raleigh and Spaghetti-O's

Edited January 14, 2007 by annecros (log)

[insomniac]

Johann Strauss wrote die Fledermaus (the Bat)

The horseshoe bat inhabits Sicily's eastern shore

Arancini are from Sicily

Jackie Chan and poached eggs

[annecros]

Ted Kennedy and Snails:

In their letter to the White House on October 15, 2003 Ted Kennedy and Chuck Schumer said:

"A serious national security breach appears to have been committed, reports have indicated that someone (or some people) within the White House is responsible, yet this investigation is moving at a snail’s pace."

http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/cia/sch...n101503ltr.html

How about

Orson Wells and Nutrigrain Bars

Edited January 14, 2007 by annecros (log)

[Kerry Beal]

Joan of Arc and bagoung

Joan of Arc was burned at the stake

Burning requires fire

Fire is used in cooking

In the philippines it is said that everything should be cooked with a little bagoung

Hippocrates and catfish

[annecros]

Eva Peron and larb

Eva Peron was portrayed by Madonna in a remake of Evita

One of Madonna's hits was "Like a Virgin"

Bridgette Jones led the female prisoners in a Thai jail in a rousing chorus of "Like a Virgin" in the movie "Edge of Reason"

Larb is a delicious Thai meat dish

Sitting Bull and Blue Cheese

[Kerry Beal]

Jackie Chan and poached eggs

Jackie does his own stunts

Stunts lead to frequent injuries

Injuries can involve broken jaws

Broken jaws are sometimes wired together to heal

Poached eggs can be sucked between your teeth

Mick Jagger and anadama bread

[Domestic Goddess]

I would like to take the challenge of Joan of Arc and bagoong (the right way to spell it).

Joan of Arc was the warrior maiden who led the French armies through successful victories in battles.

Gariela Silang was referred to as the Joan of Arc of the Ilocos Region of the Philippines during the revolution aganst the Spaniards; as well as

Teresa Magbanua, who was referred as the Joan of Arc of the Visayas Region (Filipino-American war)

Bagoong figures prominently in Ilocano dishes (from Ilocos) such as the pinakbet and also in Visayan dishes, like the humble laswa.

There, that's a better explanation for Joan of Arc and bagoong.

Edited January 14, 2007 by Domestic Goddess (log)

[annecros]

Hippocrates and catfish

Information about Hippocrates can be found in the writings of Aristotle

The Aristotle Catfish is one of only two catfish native to Europe, and is found in Greek waters

Napolean and Tater Tots

[Domestic Goddess]

My contribution

JRR Tolkien and lokum

Another answer to Snoop Doggy Dog and Twinkies

Snoop Doggy Dog has been arrested several times for possesion of marijuana.

When you smoke weed, you get the munchies.

When you get the munchies, most of the time, you reach for a bag of Twinkies.

Edited January 14, 2007 by Domestic Goddess (log)

[insomniac]

Anadama bread is made with molasses

which comes from sugar cane as does brown sugar

which is the title of the Rolling Stones song, lyrics by Mick Jagger

Patty Duke and bubblegum

Edited January 14, 2007 by insomniac (log)

[insomniac]

JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis were close friends

CS Lewis wrote the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

in which Edmund betrays his friends and siblings for a piece of turkish delight

Prince Charles and pocky sticks

Edited January 14, 2007 by insomniac (log)

[Domestic Goddess]

Sid Vicious and Girl Scout cookies

Sid Vicious' girl friend (who he subsequently murdered) was Nancy Spudgen.

Nancy Spungen was from a middle class Jewish family in the Huntingdon Valley area of Lower Moreland Township, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia.

In 1933, Girl Scouts in Philadelphia organized the first official "Girl Scout Cookie" sale.

[annecros]

Time for an update.

Still in Play:

Virginia Woolf and He Cai Dai Mao

Sir Walter Raleigh and Spaghetti-O's

Napolean and Tater Tots (by the way, there is a bonus consumption point for putting the food and the person together for someone who can think outside of the box on this one)

Sitting Bull and Blue Cheese

Orson Wells and Nutrigrain Bars

Prince Charles and pocky sticks

Patty Duke and bubblegum

Can you do these in 3 or less degrees?

Sun Tzu and Hansen's Diet Black Cherry Soda

Tinky Winky and Sardinian Maggot Cheese

Haile Selassie and Vienna Sausages

Edited January 14, 2007 by annecros (log)

[annecros]

Prince Charles and pocky sticks

Prince Charles and Princess Diana visited Japan in 1990 for the enthronement of Emperor Akihito

Pocky sticks are a popular Japanese snack item

King Tut and an Orange Julius

[insomniac]

Napoleon was the first name of one of characters in the Man from UNCLE.

The actor who played his partner was David McCallum

who was married to Jill Ireland

until she left him for Charles Bronson

who was of Tatar descent

so is their daughter a tatar tot?

Edited January 15, 2007 by insomniac (log)

[Kerry Beal]

Napolean was the first name of one of characters in the Man from UNCLE.

The actor who played his partner was David McCallum

who was married to Jill Ireland

until she left him for Charles Bronson

who was of Tatar descent

so is their daughter a tatar tot?

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All depends if the tatar passes via the maternal or paternal lineage I suppose. If maternal kid would be a brit brat, rather than a tater tot. Very amusing solution by the way.

Edited January 14, 2007 by Kerry Beal (log)

[judiu]

Kafka and pea soup

1. Franz Kafka wrote The Trial which was made into a film directed by Orson Wells

2. Orson Welles was Francis Ford Coppola's first choice to play Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now

3. Apocalypse Now starred Dennis Hopper

4. Dennis Hopper starred in Easy Rider with Henry Fonda

5. Henry Fonda starred in 12 Angry Men which was remade in 1997 by director William Friedkin

6. William Friedkin directed The Exorcist which contains a scene of Linda Blair vomitting pea soup

Lord Alfred Tennyson and Sodium Alginate

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Not to burst your (sodium alginate) bubble or anything, but it was Peter Fonda in Easy Rider, not his dad, Henry.

[judiu]

(oops, double post..)

Edited January 14, 2007 by judiu (log)

[annecros]

Afternoon status report:

Still in Play:

Virginia Woolf and He Cai Dai Mao

Sir Walter Raleigh and Spaghetti-O's

Napolean and Tater Tots (by the way, there is a bonus consumption point for putting the food and the person together for someone who can think outside of the box on this one)

Sitting Bull and Blue Cheese

Orson Wells and Nutrigrain Bars

King Tut and an Orange Julius

Patty Duke and bubblegum

Kafka and pea soup (The Challenge that wouldn't die)

Can you do these in 3 or less degrees?

Sun Tzu and Hansen's Diet Black Cherry Soda

Tinky Winky and Sardinian Maggot Cheese

Haile Selassie and Vienna Sausages

[insomniac]

I think Pontormo answered the Kafka/pea soup conundrum via Gregors (Samsa and Mendel)

[annecros]

Thanks insomniac, keep us honest!

Corrected

Afternoon status report:

Still in Play:

Virginia Woolf and He Cai Dai Mao

Sir Walter Raleigh and Spaghetti-O's

Napolean and Tater Tots (by the way, there is a bonus consumption point for putting the food and the person together for someone who can think outside of the box on this one)

Sitting Bull and Blue Cheese

Orson Welles and Nutrigrain Bars

King Tut and an Orange Julius

Patty Duke and bubblegum

Can you do these in 3 or less degrees?

Sun Tzu and Hansen's Diet Black Cherry Soda

Tinky Winky and Sardinian Maggot Cheese

Haile Selassie and Vienna Sausages

Edited January 14, 2007 by annecros (log)

[Pontormo]

FTR: I initiated the Kafka and pea soup option, so my brief answer was a spoiler for the 3-step option rather than a solution. I liked Henry's so much, I wouldn't try to top it. Kudos to Judiu for noticing slip-up regarding father and son Fondas.

Here's a suggestion: Since the originators of this game really favor the short form, I bow to official rules.

However, I find that we're getting a little too elementary in coming up with obvious associations and quick 2-3 step links. Wikipedia is the favorite source for information and it's easy to discover, as I did, that the designer of the wafers in the oreo cookie was German, just like the current pope.

How about developing a point-system that awards clever, complex, convoluted responses to the same degree that short and sweet answers win honors? Ingenuity is what this is all about, after all.

P.S. Orson Welles has two matching vowels in first and last names.

Edited January 14, 2007 by Pontormo (log)

[annecros]

FTR:  I initiated the Kafka and pea soup option, so my brief answer was a spoiler for the 3-step option rather than a solution.  I liked Henry's so much, I wouldn't try to top it.  Kudos to Judiu for noticing slip-up regarding father and son Fondas.

Here's a suggestion:  Since the originators of this game really favor the short form, I bow to official rules.

However, I find that we're getting a little too elementary in coming up with obvious associations and quick 2-3 step links.  Wikipedia is the favorite source for information and it's easy to discover, as I did, that the designer of the wafers in the oreo cookie was German, just like the current pope.

How about developing a point-system that awards clever, complex, convoluted responses to the same degree that short and sweet answers win honors?  Ingenuity is what this is all about, after all.

P.S.  Orson Welles has two matching vowels in first and last names.

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That's interesting, and I believe Janet and I have discussed it at one point. Do you have something in mind that is easily communicated and sets straightforward standards? It could add a fun twist to the game, but I am concerned that it might overcomplicate things for the players.

I will edit and correct the spelling. Copy and paste tends to keep typos alive.