Towel Day - May 25

[Tachyon 0]

 

You sass that hoopy Douglas Adams? Now there's a frood who knew where his towel was. You are invited to join your fellow hitchhikers in mourning the loss of the late great one. Join in on towel day to show your appreciation for the humor and insight that Douglas Adams brought to all our lives.

On May 25, bring your towel with you everywhere. It's that simple. I'm going to do it. ;)

 

For more information, see: http://www.towelday.kojv.net/

 

Why is a towel so important? According to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (which sells quite a bit better than The Encyclopaedia Galactica):

A towel is about the most massively useful thing any interstellar hitchhiker can carry. For one thing it has great practical value - you can wrap it around you for warmth on the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; sunbathe on it on the marble beaches of Santraginus V; huddle beneath it for protection from the Arcturan Megagnats as you sleep beneath the stars of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a mini raft down the slow heavy river Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand combat; wrap it round your head to avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (which is such a mindboggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems clean enough.

 

More importantly, a towel has immense psychological value. For some reason, if a strag (strag: non-hitch hiker) discovers that a hitch hiker has his towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a toothbrush, face flannel, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet weather gear, space suit etc., etc. Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend the hitch hiker any of these or a dozen other items that the hitch hiker might accidentally have "lost". What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with."

 

"Hence, a phrase that has passed into hitchhiking slang, as in, 'Hey you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's one frood who really knows where his towel is.'

(sass: know, be aware of, meet, have sex with; hoopy: really together guy; frood: really amazingly together guy)"

[DaryusZaphodDracal 0]

Freowww, I forgot about it. Thanks for reminding me Tach. I'll have my towel, and my Pangalactic Gargleblaster. ;)

 

Zaphod,

"Meow... Meow... Hey you, I said meow."

[mtporter 0]

crud where's my towel. ::she looks around:: I am not a very good hitchiker I guess. But the 25th it's on.

[koolaidman 0]

yay happy towel day

[JesusTrekkie 0]

http://www.towelday.kojv.net/2005-worldwide.html

 

I'm 39th (AHHH sooo close to 42nd... yet so far away...) from the top... took my towel out of my pocket and threw it round my shoulders for that one... and yes, the Dentist Office automatically assumed that I had a toothbrush, so they happily lent me one... ;)

[Dumbass 0]

So that means your dentist will eventually loan your used toothbrush to someone else?

 

Let me guess. This dentist is in the 1 out of 5 who doesn't recommend sugarless gum.