One in Six billion

I always say a PJ (Poor Joke) about how unique I am, so I say that I am 1 in six billion. This basically a version of the One in a Million phrase, where you say that, this person is a such a gem, he is a One in a Million kind of a person.

The problem with that is that even if you are a One in a Million kind of a person, there still would be 6000 people (Six billion being the world population count) exactly like you which makes you think that your are not so unique.

So I started saying that I am One in six billion. And as I said before, it is a PJ thats Poor Joke for the uninitiated.

Throughout my growing years I have had classmates, friends and collegues who have shared complete names, Amit being a pretty common name among Indians especially since Mr. Amitabh Bachchan was quite popular in the decade when I was born. Surnames like Jain, Gupta, Sharma etc were also quite popular. So any combination of these would have lots of people named. My surname George, is also quite popular however the Christian community being in minority and also christian names being the preffered choice among us made Amit George quite unique as a name.

I did this name search on the internet on my name a couple of years ago but couldnt find anybody else holding this name.

Then I came across this link. The person who is listed there at the time of this posting isn't me.

This will be a space which I will watch out for. And I hope there will be more Mr. Amit George out there.