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Wikipedia Time Killer

Post by weirdo0521 »

Changing up a time killer that was brought to my attention so it fits in with this crowd.

How many pages until you reach Jimmy Buffett

Go to the wikipedia home page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Hit Random article

From there see how many links it takes you to get to Jimmy Buffett

Example:

Random result Florida

Key West

Jimmy Buffett..


I'm guessing it will take more than three links
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My first attempt....(slow day)

Fascination (Random Article)
1980s Pop Songs
Pop Songs
1970s Pop Songs
Sunshine on My Shoulders
Singer-Songwriter
Dan Folgerberg
Mailboat records
Jimmy Buffett


8 clicks
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Post by Joetown Parrothead »

Random result: Papyrus 105 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 105, is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew. The surviving texts of Matthew are verses 27:62-64; 28:2-5, they are in a fragmentary condition. The manuscript has been paleographically estimated to date back to the 5th or 6th century

2nd result: List of New Testament papyri, 3rd Result: Houghton Library at Harvard

4th: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 5th: Robinson Crusoe

6th: Desert island, 7th: Turks and Caicos Islands 8th: Dick Clark 9th: Elvis Presley
10th: Mississippi 11th: Jimmy Buffett
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Dave Marsh (random article)
E Street Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio Channels
Radio Margaritaville
Jimmy Buffett
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Trouble Kid (random)
Vinyl Record
Rolling stone
Hunter S. Thompson
Ed Bradley
Jimmy Buffett
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The First Generation - random article

1990s in music

Albums released

October 30 - Feeding Frenzy: Jimmy Buffett Live!

Jimmy Buffett
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Random article - Pathalia is a genus of butterfly
:(
Next random article - Seal of the City of Chico, California
1st link - Seal (emblem)
2nd link - Rubber stamp
3rd link - Recording medium (main article, Data Storage Device)
4th link - Compact Disc
5th link - RCA Records
6th link - List of RCA Records artists
7th link - Harry Belafonte

- Mardi Gras
- Mobile, Alabama
- List of people from Mobile, Alabama

11th link - Jimmy Buffett
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I don't get it. [smilie=noeyedear-shrugging.gif]
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bravedave wrote:Random article - Pathalia is a genus of butterfly
:(
Next random article - Seal of the City of Chico, California
1st link - Seal (emblem)
2nd link - Rubber stamp
3rd link - Recording medium (main article, Data Storage Device)
4th link - Compact Disc
5th link - RCA Records
6th link - List of RCA Records artists
7th link - Harry Belafonte

- Mardi Gras
- Mobile, Alabama
- List of people from Mobile, Alabama

11th link - Jimmy Buffett

Good one, bravedave!
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Udaya Dharmawardhana :lol:
Film Producer
Film
List of Films
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Jimmy Buffett
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Mulligan (surname)
Phi Sigma Gamma
Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System
Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland
Harold Sakuishi
List of islands by name (Q)
A Child is a Child
Lloyd Street Grounds
Argentino Lake
CFIY-FM
Sergey Dvortsevoy
Jean-David Morvan
Dominic Miller
Susan Dumais
Alex Neve
Washington State Route 19
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Niklas Hjulström
St. Francis' Canossian College
Kalapani (Indian expatriates in UK)
Beaver Lake Queens
Rufous-naped Whistler
Battle of the Vorskla River
Craig Bramscher
Knut Vollebæk
Al-Jaldaki
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbarara
Swatow ware


It was at this point that I declared this game stupid and gave up............ :lol: :lol:
Well...(said in my best Bubba voice) I've been on sabbatical.
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ph4ever wrote:Mulligan (surname)
Phi Sigma Gamma
Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System
Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland
Harold Sakuishi
List of islands by name (Q)
A Child is a Child
Lloyd Street Grounds
Argentino Lake
CFIY-FM
Sergey Dvortsevoy
Jean-David Morvan
Dominic Miller
Susan Dumais
Alex Neve
Washington State Route 19
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Niklas Hjulström
St. Francis' Canossian College
Kalapani (Indian expatriates in UK)
Beaver Lake Queens
Rufous-naped Whistler
Battle of the Vorskla River
Craig Bramscher
Knut Vollebæk
Al-Jaldaki
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbarara
Swatow ware


It was at this point that I declared this game stupid and gave up............ :lol: :lol:
You didn't stop at Beaver Lake Queens?
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surfpirate wrote:
ph4ever wrote:Mulligan (surname)
Phi Sigma Gamma
Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System
Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland
Harold Sakuishi
List of islands by name (Q)
A Child is a Child
Lloyd Street Grounds
Argentino Lake
CFIY-FM
Sergey Dvortsevoy
Jean-David Morvan
Dominic Miller
Susan Dumais
Alex Neve
Washington State Route 19
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Niklas Hjulström
St. Francis' Canossian College
Kalapani (Indian expatriates in UK)
Beaver Lake Queens
Rufous-naped Whistler
Battle of the Vorskla River
Craig Bramscher
Knut Vollebæk
Al-Jaldaki
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbarara
Swatow ware


It was at this point that I declared this game stupid and gave up............ :lol: :lol:
You didn't stop at Beaver Lake Queens?
I thought something good should follow them and got Rufous-naped Whistler :lol: :lol:
Well...(said in my best Bubba voice) I've been on sabbatical.
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This was phun! Now I have to try another one. Boy, you can tell it's Phriday! :D

1. Erich Buder
2. Flying Ace
3. Military Aviator
4. Gulf War
5. United States
6. Fifty States
7. Nevada
8. Las Vegas
9. Casinos
10. Las Vegas Strip
11. Flamingo
12. Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville
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1. Nuwara Eliya Golf Club (in Sri Lanka)
2. Golf Club
3. Golf Course
4. Coast
5. List of US states by coast line
6. Florida
7. Key West
8. Jimmy Buffett
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Ok I am really liking this way too much!!

1. List of Mathematics topics (Random)
2. List of Geometry topics
3. Astronomy
4. Celestial Navigation
5. Air Navigation
6. Aircraft
7. Seaplane
8. Grumman Albatross
9. Jimmy Buffett
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FIRST TRY WITH RANDOM

1. Timothy Wyllie-Random
2. Dolphins
3. Flipper
4. Florida Keys
5. Key West
6. Jimmy Buffett

Second Try
1. Timothy Wyllie-Random
2. Ballantine Books
3. Shel Silverstein
4. Key West
5. Jimmy Buffett

Third
1. Timothy Wyllie-Random
2. Ballantine Books
3. Hunter Thompson
4. Palm Beach
5. Jimmy Buffett

No way to get to Jimmy in 3 links or even 4...but it was fun reading. :D :D
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sonofabeach wrote:Trouble Kid (random)
Vinyl Record
Rolling stone
Hunter S. Thompson
Ed Bradley
Jimmy Buffett
I see you also got to Jimmy from Hunter S. Thompson through Ed Bradley. :D :D
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Luis Eduardo Pérez
History of Uruguay
Brazilian real
Southern Cross
Jimmy Buffett

That went a lot faster than I expected after the first random I got.
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surfpirate wrote:I don't get it. [smilie=noeyedear-shrugging.gif]
Glad I'm not the only one.....I was feeling a bit impaired.
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