Over in the Lavander Room a statement was made about the cool kids of the forum. Who are they?
I nominate Jaylew because he is black and goes really fast. Racist? Maybe but I think black dudes are cool. White guilt and what not.
Dan is on there because he runs this chicken coupe.
Tom D because he ignores my pleads for him to leave the closet and he has truck loads of data for us all.
I’ll stop here. What about you?
Hey man…
I said you where cool. Take a pill.
nominations:
bjorn - fastest biker on a p3 that does not ride for csc (and that might be disputable). also inspired becca to post those pics a while back
monk - week in IM florida with slowman. nuff said
hid - for getting the TSR clothing and p3 fundraising going
gerard - for sharing his mighty gospel with the forum
frank rehnhelt - for making a $400 disc
Monk because he is Monk.
Tom D, because he likes cats.
Booth Rand. Entertaining, nuff said.
Freestyle. Because he really is a kid.
Francois. Because he lets us make fun of his height and heritage.
Anybody who manages to wrangle a P3 out of Gerard must be cool. However lame their taste in music is.
And Sojourner seems like a pretty cool cat. I was on the fence about him until he did that climb with no seat post.
And like I said in the Lavender Room, I think jhc is cool but the commodore is a definitely a nerd.
In the words of Huey Lewis and the News, it’s hip to be square.
Um…DUH!
Who is DUH? Your lucky your cool or that would have been too wierd.
Here’s my list of people that I read almost all posts by:
Slowman: He created this place, so without him this debate doesn’t happen. He also posts so rarely, you’ve got to check it out.
Tom Demerly: In addition to being product-knowledgable and passing along lots of inside tech-info, he seems to really embrace the whole multisport lifestyle.
Frank Day: Love PC’s or hate them, they are an innovation, and Frank is an innovator. He also competed in the very first ironman triathlon. That’s old-school style.
Gerard: Another innovator. Plus, his bike makes me faster. 
Mike Plumb: My coach. You rule Mike.
Francois: He’s into the maths. And he lives my dream of being a professor AND carrying a pro card.
Tibbs: He’s weird.
-Colin
You’ve gotta be kidding, Tibbs. I’m sure that anybody who has read this forum for more than six months knows who the cool kids are…and aren’t. The only reason its never come up in a rant is that people probably prefer not to get hammered on and/or shunned. I’m already shunned, so I’ll pass on the hammering, myself.
Rather, let’s pose three questions that might help.
Do people respond to you enthusiastically, regardless of how stupid, ridiculous, or irrelevant your posts are?
Do people ignore your posts, regardless of how pertinent they are to the sport of triathlon?
Do people go out of their way to be nicer to, or at least more tolerant of, you than they are of most other posters on the forum?
Answer code:
Q. 1 or 3: 1 point for each yes answer
Q. 2: 1 point for a no answer
0 points otherwise
Ratings:
0 - welcome to the club
1 - people tolerate your pathetic existence
2 - congrats, you’re in the b-crowd
3 - quit bitching, everyone loves you
I hope this helps.
"And like I said in the Lavender Room, I think jhc is cool but the commodore is a definitely a nerd. "
Not once, but twice the nerd. Well, I may not be in the cool crowd, but at least someone has an opinion about me, so that’s something I guess.
That was pretty much spot on, j
Brett
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Monk because he is Monk.
Tom D, because he likes cats.
Its cool “kids”. I am old enough to be your daddy. In fact…I probably am. And I am not cool. And not much fun to be around. And I don’t know much about anything. And sometimes I start fights.
I am sort of a cross between Tibbs and SlayerHatebreed.
Your 100% sexy!!!
Hello, …
Anyone out there?..
Damn, I need to start a new animal-related thread…
Colin
Ok, you guys completely left out IronCLM. She’s definitely on this list if for no other reason than she’s got lots of pics of hot triathletes.
D.
How can you forget about Khai the founder of The Hottie Thread!!