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October 6, 2005
Six Degrees of Separation
I watched the movie "Six Degrees of Separation" several years ago, and to be honest the only thing I remember from it was the basic concept that there are only six degrees that separate any one person from every other person in the world. Apparently the concept has been studied a couple times, and does indeed seem plausible. (For more information, see Wikipedia.)
Last night, in a totally unconnected incident, I recalled a story my grandpa told me about 6 or so years ago. I had gone to visit my grandparents, living in Palm Desert, California and one night while going through old albums my grandpa came across a small clipping from "Time" magazine. Grandpa is a great story teller, and proceeded to relate to me the importance of that clipping in his album.
For the past several years my grandpa (who just turned 90 this March) has worked at Marriott's Desert Springs Resort in Palm Desert as an athletic trainer in the health club. During the time he worked there, it seems there was a princess who had come to stay at the resort. He hadn't actually worked with the princess, but he had seen her around, and knew who she was (apparently, she kept herself in good physical shape). This princess was married to a "Prince Faisel" (In looking for the actual name of the prince, I've narrowed it down to either Prince Saud al-Faisel or a Prince Turki al-Faisel both from Saudi Arabia. I want to say it was Prince Saud al-Faisel, but am not entirely sure.) Now, this was before 9/11, when Osama bin Laden was entertaining himself by blowing up parking garages, but still it was a nuisance for the United States. So during the time he was vacationing in Palm Desert, Prince Faisel took a quick trip to meet with Osama bin Laden and told him to chill out and leave the US alone. That meeting is what was reported to "Time" magazine, which my grandpa had read, and clipped out for his album.
I count just three intermediaries between myself and Osama bin Laden.
Posted by Anna at October 6, 2005 11:32 AM
Comments
OMG then that makes it four for me ..... spooky eh. Ok maybe not so spooky.
Posted by: curious_george at October 8, 2005 3:12 AM