PatriNumber

Remember SixDegreesofKevinBacon?? Well, same type of system, but it measures distance to PatriAaronForwalterFriedman through sexual connections.

HarveyMudders may be more familiar with ErdosNumber?s than with the Kevin Bacon game...

• I know of ErdosNumber?s, and not SixDegreesofKevinBacon?.

The PatriNumber comes in two flavors: strong and weak. A weak PatriNumber is characterized by kissing or other such forms of contact. A strong PatriNumber is characterized by intercourse for heterosexual relations and "spork" as used in purity testing for homosexual relations.

PatriNumbers are retroactive. Your ex-GirlFriend from high school, like most people in the western hemisphere, now has one. If she wants it to be lower, she should visit the as-of-yet-unnamed intentional community.

Question: We've been trying to figure out if I (AlexBobbs) have a weak PatriNumber. Does a peck on the cheek (as in, from the MadFeast?? kissing-fruit game) count?

• Eh, no. There must be at least a little passion behind the kiss. -- PhilMiller