# The Single Coolest Living Individual in the World **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 29, 2000, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-coolest-living-individual-in-the-world/47686 "2000-12-29T18:14:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-coolest-living-individual-in-the-world/47686/61 "2001-01-01T06:57:58Z")
Kurt Vonnegut either him or Bob Denver, I can’t decide. ---
**Author:** ![eponymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e0b2c6/32.png) [@eponymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eponymous)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-coolest-living-individual-in-the-world/47686/62 "2001-01-01T17:03:14Z")
Hmmm…I’m surprised no one has mentioned the Dali Lama - pretty cool in my book. Besides - everyone KNOWS that the cooliest person alive is the Fonz - Ayyy!!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-coolest-living-individual-in-the-world/47686/63 "2001-01-01T22:24:23Z")
**Alessan** Ray Charles Yup looks good to me. You may not have seen much of him but Jools Holland, former keyboard player of Squeeze and now has his own Rythym and Blues Orches **tra** (he empahsises that last bit) is so cool he can make a polyester suit look stylish. ---
**Author:** ![McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19adc/32.png) [@McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-coolest-living-individual-in-the-world/47686/64 "2001-01-01T22:36:17Z")
Samuel L Jackson. Michael Stipe Jack Nicholson ---
**Author:** ![blastfurnace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@blastfurnace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blastfurnace)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-coolest-living-individual-in-the-world/47686/65 "2001-01-02T09:20:21Z")
The Rev. Al Green Stevie Wonder The Godfather of Freakin’ soul…James Brown Willie Nelson (Miles Davis wrote a song about him…how _cool_ is that?) My Dad I’ll also go with the polar bear thing. That’s pretty cool, too. ---
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-coolest-living-individual-in-the-world/47686/66 "2001-01-02T20:23:42Z")
o.k., but here’s a thought: why would a Cleric want to _Turn_ Jesus? Wouldn’t a Cleric ask Jesus for help? Unless they were an Evil Cleric, but then why turn him when you can try to _command_ him? I could see it now “Jesus, go stand behind that door and attack whatever comes through it”… or using Jesus to get rid of the trapped doors in a dungeon… And vampires aren’t raised form the dead like Zombies are. Vampires are either A: cursed (bitten three times, witches’ spell, etc) B: still here because they are wanting or lacking something (Dracula myth) or C: are so evil that the powers-that-be said, “o.k. you get to stick around and suffer for awhile” (a la Strahd) And who said Jesus is Human? I don’t remember Humans being dieties… punk snot dead, broccoli! ---
**Author:** ![Wildest\_Bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Wildest\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildest_Bill)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-coolest-living-individual-in-the-world/47686/67 "2001-01-02T20:37:23Z")
\*Originally posted by broccoli! \* > [@](#): > > And who said Jesus is Human? I don’t remember Humans being dieties… First broccoli Happy New Year!. I will try to answer your question since I started this. Jesus was a human being. He came in human form to try to reach man. While he had special powers, he still ate, breathed and slept as a human. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-coolest-living-individual-in-the-world/47686/68 "2001-01-02T22:09:26Z")
Isn’t Nick Lowe the Jesus of cool? ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-coolest-living-individual-in-the-world/47686/69 "2001-01-02T22:32:06Z")
Tom Waits. With nods to David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Barry White. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-coolest-living-individual-in-the-world/47686/70 "2001-01-02T22:35:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wildest Bill \* > Jesus was a human being…While he had special powers, he still ate, breathed and slept as a human. Oh, I get it! Kinda like Batman. ---
**Author:** ![Wildest\_Bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Wildest\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildest_Bill)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-coolest-living-individual-in-the-world/47686/71 "2001-01-02T22:49:54Z")
No mouthbreather Batman didn’t have any special powers he just had cool stuff. But now that you bring Batman up I wish I did have a body like the batman suit(the new versian not the old fat tv versian one) though. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-coolest-living-individual-in-the-world/47686/72 "2001-01-02T22:59:49Z")
You’re right! I should have said SUPERMAN. Does he qualify as human? How about AQUAMAN? I think he fits the bill, lets see – well, he didn’t breathe as a human. Superman it is. Or maybe Green Lantern. ---
**Author:** ![absoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@absoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/absoul)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-coolest-living-individual-in-the-world/47686/73 "2001-01-03T04:16:00Z")
Men: It’s gotta be Jack Nicholson. Women: Bjork. …oh and Dionysus was _WAY_ cooler that Jesus. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-coolest-living-individual-in-the-world/47686.md?page=3)