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True story
Posted: 2003-02-01 03:17pm
by Setzer
My Dad's english professor at J.U. (named C.P. Lee) was a Rhodes scholar. When he was at Oxford, he took a course in Beowulf. He started the class with a translation, but his teacher said he had to use the Old English version. The Tutor C.P.Lee learned Old English from was named:
J.R.R. Tolkien
Posted: 2003-02-01 03:58pm
by DPDarkPrimus
It's that 6 degrees of seperation at work. Spiffy.
Posted: 2003-02-01 11:42pm
by SyntaxVorlon
So now we're all technically 4 degrees away from Tolkien.
Cool!
Posted: 2003-02-02 12:10am
by DPDarkPrimus
I feel my ego inflating.
Posted: 2003-02-02 08:21am
by 2000AD
So if i get this striaght:
I'm connected to Setzer because we both post on the same message board.
Setzer is connected to his dad
His dad is connected to his english professor
His english professor is connected to JRR Tolkein.
Thats just four degrees of seperation. I am four degrees away from one of the greatest genius of all time! KICK ASS!
Posted: 2003-02-02 12:08pm
by kojikun
its already been shown that everyone on earth is at most 7 degrees of seperation from any given person alive today or in the recent past
Posted: 2003-02-02 12:16pm
by kojikun
btw, i have a few degrees of seperation i think are cool;
my great grandmother (who only recently died) was baby nurse for the ruling family of Poppenheim in Germany. She knew them, and they knew the Kaiser. I'm 3 degrees from the Emperor of germany during WWI (and my great grandmother lived there during WWI too)
Another one is that I know the Earl of Sandringham in Brittain (and his boyfriend :p) and he knows the queen and a large portion of Parliament. His fathers also duke of nottingham (where robin hood took place!
)
Posted: 2003-02-02 12:21pm
by Stormbringer
Okay, this is going to off topic.
Posted: 2003-02-02 12:41pm
by InnerBrat
My friend and old flatmate went to some posh school near Brum.
As did J.R.R.Tolkein.
That's 2
Posted: 2003-02-02 12:52pm
by TrailerParkJawa
My best friends' grandma was in Al Capone's sister's wedding as a bridesmaid.
My mom worked in a hospital once and Mark Hamil's brother was a doctor there.
Posted: 2003-02-02 01:08pm
by XaLEv
My cousin knows Richard Linklater who directed Dazed and Confused, which starred Milla Jovovich.
Beat that.
Posted: 2003-02-02 02:05pm
by Dalton
Abe Vigoda spoke at my school.
muhaha
Posted: 2003-02-02 02:07pm
by Lord Pounder
I live in the same area as CS Lewis, Lewis was Tolkiens best friend.
Posted: 2003-02-02 02:07pm
by TrailerParkJawa
Dalton wrote:Abe Vigoda spoke at my school.
muhaha
He is still alive? Isnt he like two hundred and five by now?
Posted: 2003-02-02 02:08pm
by Dalton
TrailerParkJawa wrote:Dalton wrote:Abe Vigoda spoke at my school.
muhaha
He is still alive? Isnt he like two hundred and five by now?
Quite old, still kickin'
He plugged our college TV show. Well, it was during said show he plugged it and only the campus saw the plug...but it was still cool getting plugged by Abe Vigoda!
And I will BITCHSLAP the first one of you jackals that makes a gay joke.
Posted: 2003-02-02 02:11pm
by ArmorPierce
I've met Wagina(sp?) Williams
Posted: 2003-02-02 02:11pm
by Alex Moon
Dalton wrote:Abe Vigoda spoke at my school.
muhaha
Who?
Posted: 2003-02-02 02:36pm
by InnerBrat
My sister's friend's colleague's flatmate is Orlando Bloom.
My flatmate's drama teacher also taught Orlando Bloom.
My friend (who's actually my boyfriend's best friend's girlfriend, but she counts as one) went to the same school as Orlando Bloom
You may now worship me.
Posted: 2003-02-02 02:50pm
by Alex Moon
innerbrat wrote:My sister's friend's colleague's flatmate is Orlando Bloom.
My flatmate's drama teacher also taught Orlando Bloom.
My friend (who's actually my boyfriend's best friend's girlfriend, but she counts as one) went to the same school as Orlando Bloom
You may now worship me.
But Orlando Bloom sucks
Posted: 2003-02-02 02:55pm
by Dalton
Alex Moon wrote:Dalton wrote:Abe Vigoda spoke at my school.
muhaha
Who?
As I recall he was in the Godfather.
Posted: 2003-02-02 06:49pm
by TrailerParkJawa
Dalton wrote:Alex Moon wrote:Dalton wrote:Abe Vigoda spoke at my school.
muhaha
Who?
As I recall he was in the Godfather.
Wasn't he in All in the Family ? I also think he was in a old police show. I cant remember the name anymore. There was a black guy, an asian guy ( who passed away during the show ) , a polish guy, and a police capt.
Posted: 2003-02-02 06:58pm
by Ted
I'm a direct decendant of Edward I Longshanks.
Posted: 2003-02-02 07:02pm
by Nathan F
COOL! Your dad's teachers tutor was Tolkien. Kick-arse!
I know a dude in the NBA...
Posted: 2003-02-02 07:26pm
by XPViking
TrailerParkJawa,
I believe you mean the show "Barney Miller".
XPViking
Posted: 2003-02-02 07:28pm
by Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi
If I recall correctly, my graet-great-great-great-great grandfather was personal secretary to George Washington. That's two degrees of seperatiion between me and one of the founding fathers! Or, if I didn't say that correcly, or my dad's a liar, then there's zero degrees of seperation between me and a liar.
I might ask people in my family if they know someone who knew someone who knew some famous someday.