OT thread: totally cool people

attica

Always Tyred wrote:

Lenny Henry?

What have you been smoking? He last said something funny in about 1986.

I'm quoting someone else here - can't remember who.
"Imagine being married to Dawn French yet still being the unfunny one in the relationship!"

Eddy Merckx, he is cool

el_presidente

Eric Cantona

Jay dubbleU

Miguel Indurain

Wallace1492

Let's get it in perspective. Entertainers (pop stars, actors, comedians, sportspersons) get paid vast sums of money to do something they enjoy. REALLY cool people battle adversity, often without thanks, often against the odds.

Mother Theresa
Ghandi
Oskar Schindler
Guy that stood in front of a tank - Tianamin Sq
Aung San Suu Kyi
Lech Walesa

That's just for starters.

oxonmackem

Paul Weller

attica

Chris Morris
Charlie Brooker
Ayrton Senna
James Hunt
and at the risk of bringing this thread even more on topic
Fabian Cancellara and
Jens Voigt

Porgy

Attica wrote:

Charlie Brooker

+1

I'd like to add Will Self.

jedster

Disagree with the lot bar John Lennon.

Hmmm. I'm trying to work out in what possible parallel universe Lord Nelson could not be cool. British Isles would have been ruled by so France if it wasn't for him. Came from pretty humble background. Widely loved by his men. A number of victories of historic significance against superior odds, involving daring, brilliance and professionalism.

Oh yes and strolling round the deck of your flagship while closely engaged with the enemy wearing full dress uniform, big hat, one arm, one eye. Perhaps not entirely sensible (see musket bullet from French sniper) but actually pretty damn cool.

Chewy Cheeks

Elvis Costello
Johnny Marr
Michael Atherton
Mike MaCarthy (Gaelic Football - Kerry)
Ian Rankin

Thats enough

wgwarburton

Wallace1492 wrote:

Let's get it in perspective. Entertainers (pop stars, actors, comedians, sportspersons) get paid vast sums of money to do something they enjoy.

I think contributors to this thread are at cross purposes... Bryan Ferry is/was "cool" in one sense (totally so, you could argue....).

REALLY cool people battle adversity, often without thanks, often against the odds.

...and that's another sense... I repeat my earlier assertion that Pete Goss qualifies, by virtue of his (entirely voluntary) rescue of Raphael Dinelli during the 1996 Vendee Globe.
Sailing an Open-60 into hurricane-force winds for two days in the hope that you might be able to find a lone yacht in the Southern Ocean and then rescue someone from it before it sinks or he dies of hypothermia would probably be enough to qualify on it's own, but to do this successfully was an astonishing display of both seamanship and courage.

Cheers,
W.

Wallace1492

jedster wrote:

Disagree with the lot bar John Lennon.

Hmmm. I'm trying to work out in what possible parallel universe Lord Nelson could not be cool. British Isles would have been ruled by so France if it wasn't for him. Came from pretty humble background. Widely loved by his men. A number of victories of historic significance against superior odds, involving daring, brilliance and professionalism.

Oh yes and strolling round the deck of your flagship while closely engaged with the enemy wearing full dress uniform, big hat, one arm, one eye. Perhaps not entirely sensible (see musket bullet from French sniper) but actually pretty damn cool.

Don't think we would be ruled by France, no matter what happened at Trafalgar. However, the guy did allright.

Greg T

lost_in_thought wrote:

My mum.

Is not cool - She's hot.

I fancy your Mum.

bigmat

+1 for Big Mig and Ayrton Senna.

Also, Greg Dulli, Miles Davis, James Ellroy.

Don't personally think acts of heroism and selflessness are "cool" - they are much more important than that!

Jay dubbleU

Cool rarely equals sensible an no two people agree what is or isn't cool - its all down to atitude - anyone who says 'My bath is your bath' ie Big Mig is definately cool

Jay dubbleU

Greg T wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

My mum.

Is not cool - She's hot.

I fancy your Mum.

Definately need a LiT's Mum fan club

Porgy

Jay dubbleU wrote:

Cool rarely equals sensible an no two people agree what is or isn't cool - its all down to atitude - anyone who says 'My bath is your bath' ie Big Mig is definately cool

a lot of people seem to think it's about being a clothes horse or having no discernable facial expressions.

attica

Jay dubbleU wrote:

Definately need a LiT's Mum fan club

already exists, it's here

Jay dubbleU

Attica wrote:

Jay dubbleU wrote:

Definately need a LiT's Mum fan club

already exists, it's here

Now that is cool 8) 8) 8)

symo

Clive Owen