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Riley wears chain mail.

The BPP's search for the World's Awesomest Person is over, and we have a winner. Riley. In his awesomely awesome CraigList post he writes:

I'm tired of answering ads on these pages only to find poseurs, geeks and acoustic folk acts who want me to change my unique playing style to match their style. It's time for a band that is as unique and forceful as I am, and I'm taking no prisoners.

This monumental effort will require the cooperation of a thunderous bass player with the mind and skills to keep this beast of a freight train on its tracks while a talented drummer will unleash an unrelenting hailstorm of destruction down upon his kingdom of percussion....

As you can see from my picture, I wear chain mail to protect my body from the rigors of extreme playing.

It doesn't really matter whether this post is real. It's awesome. (Read the whole thing here.)

Dan Pashman

2:04 PM ET | 05-16-2008 | permalink

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I hope that guy shaved his body. Otherwise that chainmail is going to HURT. That stuff gets caught in hair and hair gets caught in it... bad news all around...

Sent by Sarah Lee | 2:52 PM ET | 05-16-2008

"I wear Fruit of the Loom athletic shirts to protect my body from the rigors of extreme chain mail wearing."

Sent by Marc Naimark | 2:29 AM ET | 05-18-2008

time for this photo to be archived!

Sent by jan | 6:57 AM ET | 05-19-2008

The whole point is that the chain mail DOES hurt - like the albino Silas in the Da Vinci Code. Pain Rocks, dude, awesomeness!! (this is sarcasm, I'm 51)

Sent by Greg Field | 6:05 PM ET | 06-05-2008

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