it's a small county after all

it seems that there's a man who works with chris who is the father of the boyfriend of the sister of my sister's boyfriend. he approached chris one wintery night and said, "hey, we know somebody in common- your future sister-in-law, kate." this, of course, threw chris for a loop since he knew of no such future in-law named kate. later, this man cleared up the confusion, and chris realized it was my sister marcia that was the common link.

did you follow me there? my fiancee's coworker has a son dating a chick who is the sister of the dude that my sister is dating. who realized that there was this slim thread of connection? how did this web of people who barely know other people come to light? i have to imagine that one day my sister and her boyfriend were sitting around on one exceptionally dull evening discussing everyone that they knew and everyone that those people knew as well. finally, they realized they could trace their circle back to marcia's sister (that would be me). perhaps, satisfied with themselves and their pointless detective work, they celebrated this minor revelation with a short game of "afternoons that we both drove down the same street, but at different times."