Professional Cycling For the Fans - Time for the nickname the barber to be retired?

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tekhna
07-22-06, 09:46 AM
In favor of "the phoenix"?

Smoothie104
07-22-06, 09:57 AM
Phloyd the Phoenix, riding for Phonak
robow
07-22-06, 10:03 AM
Phloyd the Phoenix, riding for Phonak

Now that's what I call an alliteration

oboeguy
07-22-06, 01:28 PM
Phloyd the Phoenix, riding for Phonak

Cookie phor you! :)
fixedfiend
07-22-06, 03:14 PM
Barber mos def. Phoenix is just too cheesy. reminds me of a unicorn pegasus flying through a rainbow.
J-McKech
07-22-06, 03:52 PM
I happen to enjoy watching unicorn pegasus fly around through rainbows...it's just one of my past times.
buelito
07-22-06, 04:49 PM
as one of my co-workers said on Thursday... "
Sir Floyd of Lancaster, Knight of the Tour de France"

train safe-
USAZorro
07-22-06, 05:07 PM
The Phoenix (thanks Bobke) will definitely be the right one if he can return to anything like his present form after the hip replacement surgery.
Az B
07-22-06, 06:01 PM
I've just been calling him Flandis. It's concise, catchy, and fun to say.

Flandis rules.

Az
hurley.girl
07-22-06, 06:25 PM
I've just been calling him Flandis. It's concise, catchy, and fun to say.

And I've been calling his team the Phonies.
PepsiMan
07-22-06, 07:07 PM
i like the "eagle" as sastre called him
georgiaboy
07-22-06, 07:20 PM
How did he get the nickname the barber, anyway?

Was it because of:

http://www.whoknew.us/images/Floyd_barber.jpg

Or because it was a Nirvana song?

Floyd the Barber by Nirvana
http://vagalume.uol.com.br/nirvana/floyd-the-barber.png

I don't particulary like the barber or the phoenix. I am partial to Kid Floyd. :D
roccobike
07-22-06, 10:10 PM
The Barber or the Phoenix? Nah, try again. Neither of those works for me.
scottmorrison99
07-22-06, 10:29 PM
Ned Flanders
cyklehike
07-22-06, 10:55 PM
The Mennonite Menace
Braveheart
07-23-06, 12:48 AM
The Mennonite Menace


Like it, or the Mennonite Maniac. It's so Outphlandish. I don't think he's actually still a Mennonite, though.
shakeNbake
07-23-06, 02:31 AM
Like it, or the Mennonite Maniac. It's so Outphlandish. I don't think he's actually still a Mennonite, though.

He's living in Temecula for ****s sake.:rolleyes:

I love how the mainstream media always refers to him as either Amish or Mennonite.:p
jjmolyet
07-23-06, 06:02 AM
only one name will work! THE PRAYING PHLANDIS!

Works in the Mennonite and the TT position and Phonak
jjmolyet
07-23-06, 06:19 AM
http://www.brabantsdagblad.nl/multimedia/archive/00293/Floyd_Landis_tijden_293405h.jpg http://images3.deviantart.com/p/2005/154/7/78812341f7db1edf.jpg
Ostuni
07-23-06, 06:57 AM
^^^^^ too funny ^^^^^^^^^^

or should i say, too phunny.....?
cycle17
07-23-06, 07:31 AM
That side by side comparision is hillarious! But we call him "Furious Floyd" around here. Congrats to him on a great 06 TDF and 06 season.
cycle17
07-23-06, 07:32 AM
BTW..neither barber or phoenix fits in my mind.
jjmolyet
07-23-06, 05:13 PM
That side by side comparision is hillarious! But we call him "Furious Floyd" around here. Congrats to him on a great 06 TDF and 06 season.

Furious, he is the nicest, mellow rider in the peloton?
gmason
07-23-06, 06:39 PM
Sal Maglie already has "The Barber" reserved.

An old Dodger fan. :p