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Six degrees of Misplaced Pages

I don't know how many of you played Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon during the early days of the internet, but I did. While watching the 2009 NHL Winter Classic, I was too lazy to use anything but mouse clicks to get to an article on Misplaced Pages. Then I wondered how hard it would be to get from one article to another completely unrelated one, without typing one thing. So, here's what I tried to do—European Parliament election, 2004 (Slovakia) to Sports Night. So the rules are, get from the first article to the last one in the least number of clicks, while never leaving Misplaced Pages. You need to list out how you did it of course, since someone will figure out some sneaky way to do this. What do you win? My lasting admiration and true respect on Misplaced Pages. Well, maybe not.

• 8 clicks. I'll tell you how later. OrangeMarlin 16:36, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
• 6 clicks. I'll tell you if you buy me a barusaki. Short Brigade Harvester Boris (talk) 16:44, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
  • What the hell is a barusaki. Didn't even show up on a google search.OrangeMarlin 18:36, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
• 4 clicks. But I want coffee and a donut. (It's cold and foggy up here in Santa Barbara. Need a hot drink.)  :) Antandrus (talk) 16:49, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
  • No good donuts in SB. But I'm trying to figure out 4 clicks.OrangeMarlin 18:36, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
    • FYI it's a legitimate solution (no side bar, no "what links here") Antandrus (talk) 19:00, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
• Can I use what links here? Article 1 -> what links here -> user talk:Orangemarlin -> article 2. Problem solved. ;) --B (talk) 16:58, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

LOL, didn't think of that. Darn it, I was looking forward to a donut or barusaki.

BTW there is a tool somewhere to calculate this automatically (I didn't use it -- now that would be cheating.)  :) Antandrus (talk) 17:00, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

That's sneaky. Not accepted as a real answer. OrangeMarlin 18:36, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

• One click: Random article. YMMV.LeadSongDog (talk) 17:18, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
• I hate all of you. Just on principle. OrangeMarlin 18:16, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

This is the last warning you will receive for your disruptive comments.
If you continue to make personal attacks on other people, you will be blocked for disruption. Comment on content, not on other contributors or people. Short Brigade Harvester Boris (talk) 18:29, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

You don't have admin powers any more. Neener neener. OrangeMarlin 18:33, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

• Since I already have your lasting respect and admiration, which you propose as a reward, participation in this exercise seems a bit pointless. MastCell  04:14, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Hmmmmm. I'd like you to point out the diff where I have ever expressed any lasting respect to anyone. Sheesh. OrangeMarlin 04:30, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

You mean besides Jim Boeheim? MastCell  05:00, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Yes, beside Boeheim, who is just this side of Einstein on my respect scale. OrangeMarlin 08:33, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

New Year's Gift

Take your pick. This seemed like your sort of thing. Happy 2009! Short Brigade Harvester Boris (talk) 03:02, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

A gift that keeps on giving. Thanks you friggin' commie, pinko, tree-hugger.  :) OrangeMarlin 03:05, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure why people associate communism with tree-hugging. The environmental records of the Soviet Union and Communist China make ExxonMobil look like Greenpeace. Of course, since communism and environmentalism are both deeply un-American threats to our way of life, I suppose there is some common ground... MastCell  04:10, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Well, Boris (nee' Ray Ray) IS a tree hugger. OrangeMarlin 04:15, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Yup, I'm thinking about converting to Druidism. Short Brigade Harvester Boris (talk) 17:28, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Syracuse FAC

Orangemarlin -- I couldn't help but notice a glaring omission in the Syracuse University article. The article currently omits the closing of the Manley Field House, when, for the final basketball game at the old arena, the mighty Georgetown Hoyas battled back from a 14 point halftime deficit to humiliate Syracuse, its stupid fruit of a mascot, and its pumpkin patch impersonating fan section, with a 52-50 victory, ruining a 57 game home winning streak for the Orange, and prompting the legendary John Thompson to shame the balding loser Boeheim by declaring "Manley Field House is officially closed!" This information is not even mentioned, but I feel it belongs in the lead and probably the infobox too. --JayHenry (t) 03:40, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

tehehehe ... SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:45, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

And just to make sure Orange doesn't miss the edit summary: SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:57, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Oh-oh. This is going to be trouble. (Note to self: do not mention where I went to school.) Antandrus (talk) 04:05, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

I was at that game in the spring of 1980. I'm still pissed about it. And wtf is a Hoya Saxa (guessing that Antandrus is a Georgetown grad). I refuse to put that in the article. I would rather iron Jimbo's shirts for a month. Blah. BTW, it's always nice to humor SG in her cocktail dresses. OrangeMarlin 06:22, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Won't catch me ironing shirts, clean, dirty or otherwise. (PS: it's 1 am on a Monday night; what cocktail dress? I don't sleep in them, you know.) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 06:26, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Ummmmmm. Well, there are just too many ways to respond to that. OrangeMarlin 06:30, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

That was a thread-killing dud. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 06:33, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

I couldn't possibly write what I wanted to!!!!! OrangeMarlin 06:42, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Aren't you both too old for this kind of talk? (ducks) Only joking, and happy new year! I wasn't even alive in 1980 :s Verbal chat 10:51, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Someone needs to kick your butt. Insolent brat. OrangeMarlin 11:00, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Have pity on the young'un; at least he has the good manners to wish us octagenarians a Happy New Year. A good spanking should suffice. (Had your fiber today, Orange?) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 12:15, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

This morning's breakfast includes, two slices of dry double fiber wheat toast, one egg, a glass of V8, and two cups of coffee with cream and Splenda (with fiber). I will have an apple for a late morning snack. So, I'd say my fiber content is fine. Yum.  :) Now hold on while I get into my walker. OrangeMarlin 16:56, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

If you let someone who "wasn't even alive in 1980 :s" turn every good University/sports/cocktail dress thread into octagenarian jokes, you're going to need that walker. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:20, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

That's Verbal's fault. I think he needs a spanking, with a 48 hour time-out. OrangeMarlin 17:30, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

It depends a bit on when you define life as starting, but I don't really want to get into that... I just wanted to stop you talking about "football". Cocktail dresses are ok by me! Now, if you'd like to talk about cricket instead, I could tell you about the time I watched Marcus Trescothick make his International Test debut? Verbal chat 17:39, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Cricket??????? You are really trying to hijack this thread. I can't take a sport where the game continues over a couple of days. OrangeMarlin 17:45, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

(ec) @Orange. At least you could soundly rebuke him for making fun of a lady's Bedhead flannel pyjamas and calling her too old to be in a cocktail dress at 1 am. Back to basketball: I'm not sure which is a worse nickname, Hoyas or Orange, or which one of them ran down the court more times than the other, but basketball should never be allowed to interfere with baseball season. (Only three more months to go, and you still owe me a Yankees prediction.)

(ec) @Verbal. So now it's cricket? You're on thin ice, bud; your next post better be funny, or you get spanked. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:52, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

(double ec) Orange, I can't believe you said that you can't take a sport that continues for days to a kid who just called you old and insulted my fashion sense. This thread needs a quick recovery. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:52, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Cricket on ice? That could be fun!!!LeadSongDog (talk) 18:44, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

SG, I have no problem with you, or anyone, wearing cocktail dresses or otherwise at 1am. I'm sure they look great, but probably wouldn't suit me. I'm more of a David Tennant type (maybe a young Gary Oldman for those of you across the pond). I might try cricket in snow later this week, but wearing whites could be confusing - especially for the French. I'm sorry to hear that OM can't last the full 5 days just for a draw any more ;) Verbal chat 18:52, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Orange, I think the ball is squarely in your court. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:56, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Square balls? Sounds positively Sicilian! Of course for playing Ice Cricket they'll have to be made of rubber, but should they be vulcanized to slide or India rubber to bounce?LeadSongDog (talk) 19:24, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Cocktail dress break

←Verbal. See I had a whole separate interpretation of the 1AM cocktail dress comment. Let's just say my imagination ran amok.  :) And we're mixing metaphors here. it should be the ball is in my pitch. LOL. OrangeMarlin 22:12, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Orange, I'm shocked; ironing some shirts for pennance may put your mind right. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 22:33, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Me? Iron? I'd rather go with the wrinkled, rich preppy look.  :) OrangeMarlin 22:36, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

OM, did you arrange for the England Cricket team to completely explode as a punishment for me?? So cruel...Verbal chat 09:01, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Now that RSA are down an opener, maybe the ex.captain should return home? :-) Shot info (talk) 09:52, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

You two are speaking in some foreign language that is completely unfamiliar to me. Black cocktail dresses are familiar to me (ummmmm as an object of observation not as a personal wardrobe item). "Down an opener" sounds like a euphemism for drunkenness. OrangeMarlin 16:15, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

You should ban these youngsters (who don't appreciate baseball or cocktail dresses) from our conversations !! (Red, Orange, Red, as in Cardinal and Red Sox.) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:44, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

I happen to love cocktails, but baseball is just a dull, simplistic, form of cricket. We call it rounders over here, and it's a game for small girls... Twenty20 is the future. (For more info see opening batsman and cricinfo for the whole sorry tale of England cricket team resignations, sackings, and stupidity). As for red cocktail dresses, it depends on the shoes (converse? very chic) Verbal chat 17:52, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

This is progress (a youngster who knows it's all in the shoes). SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:56, 8 January 2009 (UTC) When I'm tired of shopping, I sit down and try on shoes.

Baseball is dull? At least most games are over in 3 hours give or take. You still haven't explained why I need several days to complete a test match? As for red cocktail dresses, I prefer them matched with 3" heels.  :) OrangeMarlin 18:16, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Arf !! Why do you want a perfectly good ballgame to be over in 3 hours? (You need to see more classic Red Sox games.) As for heels, I prefer to keep a foot firmly on them. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:40, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Being a devout NL fan, I'm more used to 2.5 hour games. And as for your photo, I'm guessing that you're going to get a lot of offers here. OrangeMarlin 18:48, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

(ec) OM, you may find Cricket terminology helpful. No doubt questions will be asked, so study up. I too used to puzzle over the length of test matches until I realized that golf was just as bad, but without any defence to make it interesting. SG, if I may inquire, will you be returning to your previous identity anytime soon? LeadSongDog (talk) 18:54, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

First on Cricket. Comparing it to golf is not helping me get interested. The only time I've watched a golf tournament is when I turn on Sportscenter and get the 35 second review. But more importantly, you have destroyed my image of SG now. My mind's eye had her looking like this.OrangeMarlin 19:10, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Playing cricket has a lot in common with ballroom dancing, if that helps (I'm not keen on golf either - or ballroom dancing, actually). Verbal chat 19:15, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Ballroom dancing should not be done with converse. You're distracting me from completing my blog about Obama and healthcare insurance. I keep coming to Misplaced Pages for links, and I see the bright orange bar indicating I have a new message. Then I have to go find good Diane Lane links (yes, I'm infatuated with her).OrangeMarlin 19:28, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Oh, now I'm supposed to live up to Diane Lane? Well, in that case, try keeping up with this. (I think all of your orange bar problems could be solved by putting a banner at the top of the page banning talk about cricket, basketball, golf, fiber, octagenarians, and don't forget bowling while we're on such exciting topics ...) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:14, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Bowling is nice, and a lot of puffers came from there! . dave souza, talk 21:01, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Just as long as you're not an octogenarian. OrangeMarlin 21:04, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

This damn page. Keeper | 76 20:17, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Just so long as shuffleboard and tiddlywinks are still permitted... LeadSongDog (talk) 20:20, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

And Keeper76 shows up for some vandalism. If only Boris and MastCell come along, the day will be complete.OrangeMarlin 20:59, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

So how do we get this on the main page? DYK? Or in the news section with photos? Verbal chat 21:02, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

I think SG has some superpowers with respect to the main page. But I could be misguided. OrangeMarlin 21:33, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

In spite of your impeccable taste, you are misguided on that score. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:43, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Well that's what happens when one shoves a pencil up his nose. OrangeMarlin 23:48, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

I read your page at least a couple of times a week, for the chuckles. I don't usually contribute anymore. The jokes are either entirely too sophisticated and therefore intimidating, or they're just too stupid to bother with. I'll let you decide how this thread is going. :-) By the way, MLB Network is very promising if you can get it on your cable service. Of course, with such a small fan base (12 people) for baseball down there, they may not even bother with it. Keeper | 76 02:13, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

I saw this edit summary and thought Keeper was trying to talk up the SEC to which I would have responded that if Syracuse defected to the SEC it would at least improve the IQ of both conferences. --JayHenry (talk) 02:41, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Blackadder thread

Tddlywinks? Cricket?

Blackadder: Well, for God's sake, George, how long have you been in the army?
George: Oh, me? Oh, I joined up straight away, sir! August the 4th, 1914. God, what a day that was! Myself and the rest of the fellows, leapfrogging down to the Cambridge recruiting office and then, playing tiddlywinks in the queue. We'd hammered Oxford's tiddlywinkers only the week before and there we were, off to hammer the Boche! Crushingly superb bunch of blokes. Fine, clean-limbed… even their acne had a strange nobility about it.
Blackadder: Yes, and how are all the boys now?
George: Oh, uh, well… Jacko and the Badger bought it at the first Ypres, unfortunately. What a shock, there. I remember Bumfluff's house-master wrote and told me that Sticky'd been out for a duck, and the Gubber had snitched a parcel sausage-end and gone goose-over-stump frogside.
Blackadder: Meaning?

George: I don't know, sir, but I read in the Times that they'd both been killed.

SG: You left cocktail dresses off... Verbal chat 20:34, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Ah, that last ought to get OM's imagination restarted.LeadSongDog (talk) 20:58, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

I was forced to watch Blackadder when I lived in the Netherlands. Everyone in the office loved it, and it was in English (of some form that was totally unfamiliar to me). Of English humor TV, I'm more of a Monty Python fan. OrangeMarlin 21:00, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Try sticking pencils up your nose. . dave souza, talk 21:02, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

That's how I stimulate my brain. OrangeMarlin 21:05, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Great: I get this from Orange sticking pencils up his nose. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:21, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

See that's what I hate about Misplaced Pages. It perfectly remembers drunk editing. OrangeMarlin 21:32, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Next time, hide the pencils before you drink. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:43, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Good advice. Or hide the drink before using pencils? OrangeMarlin 23:48, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Here you go, just add BoSox cap. Don't say I never gave you anything.LeadSongDog (talk) 21:35, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Still picturing Diane Lane = SG. OrangeMarlin 23:49, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

You'd never catch me wearing this, this, this, this, or this. (She seems to go for the exaggerated shiny fabrics.) Nice earrings, though. Someone should introduce your Diane to the First Lady of Gowns. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:57, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

I personally wouldn't complain about Diane Lane in any of your this's. Oh, wait a minute, that was Diane Lane in each this. However the purple dress with long slit would be my fav. OrangeMarlin 01:58, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

ACC in the national title

There's an ACC team in the national title game! Sadly, it's the officiating crew. ;) --B (talk) 01:38, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

So, what's the prediction. I still have time to call the non-existent bookie. OrangeMarlin 01:55, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

My prediction is at least 5 more horribly bad mistakes by the Fox crew calling the game. Here's what I have so far:

• "Tebow in trouble and he'll scramble for a gain of one. (a pause for about 5 seconds - I'm thinking, he sure looked like he got more than one) And he will get five more after that for a gain of six."
• When Oklahoma was on the goalline, they called 2nd down 3rd down, 3rd down 4th down, then when they still had the ball, they realized they were a down off. The commentator apologizes for not helping the play-by-play guy out there.
• On UF's TD, the receiver's rear end looked like it was down on the ground. They showed us 4 angles and paused it with the ball breaking the plane and still in his hand. Ok, fine, I believe you, it's not a fumble, but how about pausing it where his rear end hits the ground and seeing if the ball is over the line yet.

I sure don't remember Fox being this bad last year - they have just been awful this bowl season. --B (talk) 02:45, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

The eclipse of Darwin

Talk:The eclipse of Darwin#The eclipse of Darwin vs The eclipse of Darwinism seems reasonable to me. If anything, it makes it clearer that Darwinism is a historical term, not current usage. Any objections? . dave souza, talk 09:10, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Behaviour

Orangemarlin, I've withdrawn the 3RR violation report since it had been dealt with previously. It would have saved a lot of time had you simply pointed this out when I opened a discussion here. The withdrawal does not excuse your tone and language. I'd like to remind you of WP:CIVIL, as well as WP:AGF. Using edit summaries such as "I smell a sock", "Deleting personal attack", "Editor incapable of reading diffs, will be ignored", etc, are in breach of policy and unnecessary. --HighKing (talk) 15:00, 10 January 2009 (UTC)