According to Linked In . . .

[ex-khobar Andy]

. . . I am a third level contact of Donald Trump Jr., Exec VP at the Trump Organization. Who knew I had this much clout? Clearly I have been wrong about his dad all these years. Andrew from Louisville hereby takes back the snarky comment he left at the 'Man without an ISIS plan' op-ed article which the failing NYT chose as one of their picks. Sad, very sad. Now if I can just figure out who among my friends is a second level contact I can parlay this connection into some real $$$ and you will never see me here again. I have it on good authority that Moscow is very nice at this time of year.

[ex-khobar Andy]

I've found the connection. Via Ted Cruz, no less. Paul (my conduit to these guys) is a great bloke but (shall we say) a little promiscuous in his friendships. I think my street cred is destroyed. Thanks Paul.

[Guinevere]

I just checked, and I have the same third level contact, also via Ted Cruz! But my mutual contact with Cruz is Jeff, not Paul.

Instead of six-degrees of separation, I think we should all play three-degrees of LinkedIn (but I'd need to drink heavily, first).

[ex-khobar Andy]

Guin - so you and I are fourth level contacts through our mutual buddy Ted Cruz. Who knew?

Keep it a secret - we don't want people talking.

[Guinevere]

Doesn't that make us at least third level contacts? How many Andrews am I linked to? I may have to check.

[ex-khobar Andy]

Unless Paul knows Jeff we are fourth level: me - Paul - Ted - Jeff - Guin.