If it's one thing I know about Hawaii, it's that we all probably know somebody who knows somebody you know. That's why they say there's a rule here where the first question you might ask someone new you've just met, "What school you when grad?" (Translation: What high school did you graduate from?)
The other day, my cousin texted me that I might want to tell Art that his cousin who happens to live close by my cousin had passed away.
At tai chi in a different town, a friend I met there happens to be the neighbor of a classmate/good friend of mine.
Another very good friend of mine has a brother who said my brother had really helped him many, many years ago.
And it just goes on and on.
What a shock!
There was my blogger buddy, Honolulu Aunty!
As if that wasn't enough the next news story had Art's cousin being interviewed.
How fun is that? (Oops! Sorry. That was my pidgin leaking through.)
So yes, according to the 1929 short story by Frigyes Karinthy that the world is connected by just six degrees of separation, in Hawaii... I'd venture to say it's three or who knows? Maybe less.
That's really interesting! It's a small world after all!
ReplyDeleteHaha -- It's a small world after all -- now that song will be going through my head all day!
ReplyDeleteGreat story. I think I read once about someone sending a letter to someone they didn't know and didn't have the address but using the six degrees of separation to get it to the person.
ReplyDelete“How fun is that,” might be getting pretty common. Which is kinda fun. 😀
ReplyDeleteI thought that St. Louis was the only place where asking about a person's high school was common. I guess it isn't :-)
ReplyDeleteNeat how you are all so connected
ReplyDeleteLin says that tire for a small state I'm sure...
ReplyDeleteHawaii sounds a lot like rural America where I live. Everyone knows everybody and you can count on word getting around about anything you have ever done.
ReplyDeleteI do believe in the six degrees of separation... but synchronicity exists too... everywhere. You just have to notice it.
ReplyDeleteSmall town E WA here, I hear/know news about people I don't even know. :-)
ReplyDeleteThat does have a small town vibe. Here in tiny town you never bad mouth anyone for you may be talking to their cousin.
ReplyDeleteSame thing here in my neck of the woods. What I have discovered is that every. single. time. I find myself watching or listening to someone and thinking, "Man...how wierd is that?" I will INVARIABLY discover it is a shirt tail relative.
ReplyDeleteWow! And you recognized them in their masks too? It's a little like that in my town. I've lived here for 66 years, as have my parents. My dad and I taught in the district so if I don't know that person, I probably know someone he or she knows. :)
ReplyDeleteOK, to be perfectly honest, the newscast did identify the people they were interviewing. However, we did recognize them anyway. That was so much fun!
DeleteMy grandson, Dominic, is working hard along with his fellow marching band people (Blue Springs, MO marching band) getting ready for their trip to Pearl Harbor for a ceremony with the USS Missouri.. He is even looking forward to the long plane trip ( he's 6'5" tall !)
ReplyDeleteIt is so fun - figuring out how we are connected to each other. Except in Hawaii, it is more like 3 degrees of separation, so we really do have to behave.
ReplyDeleteThat's so fun. I love that kind of connectivity.
ReplyDeleteIt is fun watching people you know on TV
ReplyDeleteI actually got an audition for a game show that airs on National Television. I'll find out if I get it in October as they're going to film in November
You must let us know, Adam. THAT would be so so cool!
DeleteWhat fun to be three degrees from almost everyone you meet.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the great things about living in Hawaii. The people you meet at Long's, right?
ReplyDeleteMy brother used to say that's why local people never honk at anyone when driving because it's bound to be a relative, neighbor friend, etc.
DeleteThat's great, Kay. I have moved so often in my life I have no possibility of having that kind of connectivity. :-)
ReplyDeleteI went to school with the daughter of a famous folk singer, and so the degree of separation from many famous people is three away.
ReplyDeleteOh wow! That is so cool!
DeleteThat's very cool.
ReplyDeleteFun to see someone you know on TV.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
That is really fun!
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting. I've thought about those separation numbers from time to time and have become absolutely amazed to realize who some of the people are in this country (even world) that I've only been separated from by one or two degrees.
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