Degrees of Seperation
So, my coworker forwarded this website to me. It's ridiculous. Basically, you enter in 2 random things and it finds the shortest path between those things by using dictionary and encyclopedia definitions. Kinda like 6 degrees of seperation except on crack. If there is more then one path, it gives you all the options. http://www.omnipelagos.com/
Example: Flower to Cracker
Flower
[Uses by humans / Flowers as symbols] Poppies are a symbol of consolation in time of death. In the UK, Australia and Canada
Poppy
[Common varieties] Various commercial brands of matzo also come in flavored varieties, such as poppy seed- or onion-flavored.
Matzo
A Jewish food item made of plain flour and water, which is not allowed to ferment or rise before it is baked. The result is a flat, crispy, cracker-like bread.
Cracker (food), a thin, crisp, edible wafer, usually salty or savoury, rather than sweet (also called "biscuit")
Cracker
Now, please, try this out because I would be very interested to know some of the relationships between random things in your life. For instance, Jenny to Lucy.
Jenny
Jenny (doll), a popular Japanese fashion doll
Fashion doll
trends or occasionally fantasy play. These are manufactured both as toys and as collectibles, and enjoyed by many age groups.
Collectible
[History] such as cigarette cards in packs of cigarettes. Popular items developed a secondary market and sometimes became the subject of "collectible crazes"
Cigarette
[Other] Lucy, single or "loose" cigarette
Lucy
(Apparently I'm a fashion doll and Lucy is a "loose" cigarette. Yeah she is.)
And then there's Jenny to Erin.
Jenny
Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny", a biplane flown during World War I, and later popular for barnstorming .
Curtiss JN-4
It was widely used during World War I to train beginning pilots, and was known in Canada as the "Canuck", and in the U.S as the "Jenny"
Canuck
[History] Canada + -uc (Algonquian noun suffix)
Noun
A grammatical case generally used to indicate the noun to whom something is given.
Dative case
Irish/Gaelic Éirinn, the dative case of Éire, the Irish word for "Peace". Nineteenth-century Irish nationalists
Erin
Now I'm a WWI airplane! And yes Erin, we are related through your adopted country Canada. Just call me Canuck.
Example: Flower to Cracker
Flower
[Uses by humans / Flowers as symbols] Poppies are a symbol of consolation in time of death. In the UK, Australia and Canada
Poppy
[Common varieties] Various commercial brands of matzo also come in flavored varieties, such as poppy seed- or onion-flavored.
Matzo
A Jewish food item made of plain flour and water, which is not allowed to ferment or rise before it is baked. The result is a flat, crispy, cracker-like bread.
Cracker (food), a thin, crisp, edible wafer, usually salty or savoury, rather than sweet (also called "biscuit")
Cracker
Now, please, try this out because I would be very interested to know some of the relationships between random things in your life. For instance, Jenny to Lucy.
Jenny
Jenny (doll), a popular Japanese fashion doll
Fashion doll
trends or occasionally fantasy play. These are manufactured both as toys and as collectibles, and enjoyed by many age groups.
Collectible
[History] such as cigarette cards in packs of cigarettes. Popular items developed a secondary market and sometimes became the subject of "collectible crazes"
Cigarette
[Other] Lucy, single or "loose" cigarette
Lucy
(Apparently I'm a fashion doll and Lucy is a "loose" cigarette. Yeah she is.)
And then there's Jenny to Erin.
Jenny
Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny", a biplane flown during World War I, and later popular for barnstorming .
Curtiss JN-4
It was widely used during World War I to train beginning pilots, and was known in Canada as the "Canuck", and in the U.S as the "Jenny"
Canuck
[History] Canada + -uc (Algonquian noun suffix)
Noun
A grammatical case generally used to indicate the noun to whom something is given.
Dative case
Irish/Gaelic Éirinn, the dative case of Éire, the Irish word for "Peace". Nineteenth-century Irish nationalists
Erin
Now I'm a WWI airplane! And yes Erin, we are related through your adopted country Canada. Just call me Canuck.
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From Sarah to Caryn (through Whoopi Goldberg!)
Sarah
[Christianity] In Greek, the name is spelled Σαρρα. This is likely the origin of the Russian spelling Сарра and the
Greek language
The word "dyslexia" comes from the Greek words ' dys- ("difficulty with") and ' lexis ("words" or "lexicon")
Dyslexia
[Background] a private school in Berkeley, California, due to dyslexia (though she would not be diagnosed as dyslexic until adulthood).
Whoopi Goldberg
Caryn Elaine Johnson or better known as Whoopi Goldberg, Academy Award-winning American comedian and film actress
Caryn
One more: from Pounce to Ultimate Frisbee through the Dinosaurs!
Pounce
The motion, predominantly asscosiated with feliness, of abruptly jumping on and restraining a targeted object or animal
Felidae
[Fossil felines / Alternative classification] became extinct in the Late Pleistocene era. It includes the genera Smilodon, Machairodus, Dinofelis and Homotherium
Dinofelis
Africa and North America approximately 5-1.2 million years ago (most of which would have been in the Pliocene)
North America
[Rules of play / Ultimate gets organized – the UPA – 1979–80] the UPA rules used in North America and the WFDF rules used in all other parts of the world.
Ultimate (sport)
this is possibly one of the best websites ever! i have had so much fun with it while at work. :D
btw: who knew whoopi goldberg's real name is caryn elaine johnson?
I don't know that I trust this thing:
Superhero
[Common traits / Common costume features] Form-fitting clothing, often referred to as tights or spandex, although the exact material is usually not identified
Spandex
Spandex is the preferred name in North America and Australia, while elastane is most often used elsewhere
North America
This article details the region of northeastern North America. For other meanings of the term, see
Acadia
that's gotta the most round about way to get from superhero to acadia.
A couple more fun ones!
Lucy to Pie
Lucy
[Fiction] Lucy Pevensie, a human character from the series of novels The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
Lucy Pevensie
[Synopsis / The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe] She is given two gifts from Father Christmas: a magical cordial that can heal any injury instantly, and a small dagger
Cordial
a type of candy, in which a fruit filling is placed within a chocolate shell (e.g. cherry cordial)
Fruit
pastry that covers or completely contains a filling of meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, cheeses, creams, chocolate
Pie
And Jacin to Buff (using Jasin), via the ever popular miniature water buffalo...
Jasin
[Travel / Medicine] one can travel towards the small town of Asahan, where it is possible to ascend the peak of Gunung Ledang in Johor via this route
Mount Ophir
(after a legendary princess), is a mountain forest reserve located in northwestern of Johor, Malaysia
Johor
[History of Johor] the Bugis of Sulawesi and the Minangkabau of Sumatra controlled the political powers in the Johor-Riau Empire
Sulawesi
[Flora and fauna] The largest native mammal in Sulawesi is the dwarf buffalo, locally known as the anoa. By contrast
Anoa
Both live in undisturbed forest, and although they are essentially miniature Water Buffalo, are similar in appearance to a deer
Water Buffalo
Buff is a pale yellow-brown colour that got its name from the colour of buffalo leather
Buff (colour)
For other uses of the term, see Buff
Buff
looks like it takes quite a few steps to go from jacin to buff. hehe.
The fact that in Jenny to Erin it mentioned both Canada AND Ireland...well Jenny, it makes me feel like we were sisters separated in early childhood.
ok, the acadia to jenna connection was no fun, but the acadia to stu connection is through.... THE SIMPSONS!!!!
Acadia
Quebec, the Maritime provinces, and modern-day New England, stretching as far south as Philadelphia.
New England
[Culture / Accents] Boston accent (see Mayor Quimby of The Simpsons) is native to the region. Many of its most stereotypical features
The Simpsons
[Fictional characters] Stuart is a duck who works at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant on The Simpsons
Stuart
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