My Einstein and Erdős numbers

Although it's rather silly (who cares? what does it mean? why bother?), I was informed today that my Einstein number is 5 and my Erdős number is 3:

http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/collaborationDistance.html

Takis Konstantopoulos	coauthored with	Paavo Salminen	MR2488533 (2010d:60205)
Paavo Salminen	coauthored with	Endre Csáki	MR0891709 (88k:60145)
Endre Csáki	coauthored with	Paul Erdős	MR0771472 (86f:60086)
Paul Erdős	coauthored with	Ernst Gabor Straus	MR0058863 (15,437d)
Ernst Gabor Straus	coauthored with	Albert Einstein	MR0012947 (7,87j)

It's always amusing to me that people feel the need to attach themselves to someone important in order to feel important themselves. You hear people saying "I have met so and so". Or: "My great-grandfather was an important mathematician". And at times: "God spoke to me last night and gave me a message".

But the silliest thing of all, is the attaching of abbreviations after one's name. For instance,
Prof. Xyie Ziabwi [say...], CBE,  PhD, MSc, BSc, FeFA, FeIAs, FeSS, FeIMA.
The more acronyms someone attaches to one's name, the more important he/she feels. 

Oh, the futile seeking of a bit of fame!