Alright, this is my first thread, I’m a thread virgin so use gentle replies 
Pres. Bush recently created the cabinet post of homeland security advisor. If it’s relatively easy to create new cabinet posts, I propose creating a Secretary of Cool. His/her job would be to promote diversions that would keep people from worrying about the foreign policy crisis.
First of all, who should be nominated for Secretary of Cool?
I vote Lou Reed.
Welcome to the boards, goonhead!
I nominate Leon Redbone.
Thanks, Arden. Leon Redbone is pretty damn cool. I heard an interview with him on the NPR show “American Routes”, where host Nick Spitzer tried to rankle him a bit by reminding him of commercials he had done for Budweiser in the early 1980’s, and asking “do you ever drink Budweiser?” Redbone, totally unfazed, answered “I have…but I prefer italian beer.”
Heh. I loved those Budweiser commercials!
Redbone is definitely a class act. Of course, I think that about anyone that prefers Italian, being part Italian myself.
This sounds like a job for Hef.
[sub]Any “diversion” he comes up with oughta be a blast.[/sub]
::cough cough. clears throat.::
ehhhh-emmmm. If elected I hereby promise to see to it that all Americans everywhere not only know how to have fun, but how to do it well. Here are the isues I would address if chosen to represent these great people in their quest for pleasurable experiences:
Education
No one will ever be able to say they don’t know who Clint Eastwood is ever again in this country!
Welfare
Movie vouchers for the less fortunate!
Drinking
A free round of Guinness every day!!!
So please vote for me. I’ve been waiting for a position like Secretary of Cool ever since Fenris so whined and told me I’m not the Arbiter of Cool. :rolleyes:
DaLovin’ Dj
(Who will probably vote for Leon too. I got ta have my Jelly!)
The Man in Black.
No? Too cool for you?
Then Snoopy in Joe Cool mode.
Your choice.
Here’s Joe Cool hangin’ around the dorm…
(telephone rings)
(telephone rings again)
Joe Cool only answers the phone if he knows it’s for him.
One vote for Alex Chilton here. If we could vote for dead guys I’d suggest Robert Mitchum.
This thread reminds me of the time back in the late 70s when then-governor of California Jerry Brown named someone State Commissioner of Self-Esteem. It got a lot of derisive “ain’t California nutty” laughs but in retrospect, now that we know the importance self-esteem has on a person’s formative years, it seems that Gov. Brown was ahead of his time.