RE: where? when?

[Aaron Edwards <edwardsaaron2000@yahoo.com>]

I think I would just call this a modified form of the
"seven degrees of so and so," haha.
--- Bethany Keeley <blk4@calvin.edu> wrote:
> How to explain Dutch Bingo....
> Well, to start, Calvin is a part of the Christian
> Reformed Church which
> was started in the 19th century by dutch immigrants
> in Michigan.  Many
> of the members of the CRC live in specific
> communities, CRC pockets, as
> it were.  And so if you're a part of this CRC dutch
> network, and you
> meet someone else who is in it or connected to it
> (attending calvin is
> a great connection.  Or having relatives who have)
> you can play.  The
> game is this: who do you know that the person you're
> talking to either
> knows or is related to.  So you get questions like
> "are you related to
> (person with the same last name as you)?" or "when
> did you graduate? 
> Did you know my cousin ___?"  If the answer is yes,
> then Bingo.  Its
> kind of dumb, but its a good way to connect to
> someone you don't know
> very well.  I bet other communities do it and call
> it something else.
> 
> Dutch without a dutch last name, Dutch Bingo champ,
> Bethany
> 
> Quoting Mark van Hornsveld
> <guilty_bystander@hotmail.com>:
> 
> > 
> > Now i AM Dutch but I've never heard of Dutch bingo
> before. What bad
> > taste or 
> > foul play are we to blame for?
> > 
> > Mark
> > 
> > >From: "Sara Shewan" <sara@rlcm.org>
> > >Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 23:05:49 -0500
> > >
> > >Even though I'm not Dutch, I could play some
> Dutch bingo with you,
> > 
> 
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