There's 256 People in the World

[Dravyk]

Ok, this thought came to me long ago at a bar. And it came up again last night at the bar. Natch, pretty much everyone there agreed with me. hehe Now, let's see how well bar logic / talk works in the real world.

I came up with the notion that there are only 256 "master molds" of people in the world.

First, why that number? I decided it has to do with binary, has to have some sort of structure to it. 128 seemed a bit low. 512 too high.

Ok, what do I mean? I mean there's basically 256 "molds" that gets pressed and that everyone is some sorta of variation on the theme.

To explain it better, ever see someone who looks like someone else? Reminds you of someone else? Who you see and you say, "that could be so-and-so's brother if he had one"?

Or, you know, she reminds me of a heavy Barbara Streisand? Or if that guy had hair he'd be a ringer for Danzel Washington? And we've all seen those "seperated at birth" photos side-by-side ...

So there it is. 256 master molds and everyone else a variant.

Thoughts? (Other than that I'm totally insane.)