kaini Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 for today is towel day: Towel Day is celebrated every 25 May as a tribute by fans of the late author Douglas Adams.[1] On this day, fans carry a towel with them to demonstrate their love for the books and the author, as referenced in Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value. You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapors; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a miniraft down the slow heavy River Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (such a mind-bogglingly 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 to be 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. man, i love these books so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Babar Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 where did you find those ? My pansexualist friend wants one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hautlle Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 where did you find those ? My pansexualist friend wants one. www.dicktowel.com Love It's Always Sunny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 lol. plus I think phelps has got a slight raise in his b.i. in that picture... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essines Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 douglas adams is a hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 i was just about to wash my towel, no shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 Turns out, I brought a towel to work yesterday. We were supposed to have a potluck picnic at the lake, but we stayed indoors because it was overcast and a bit chilly. But I had my towel! I don't even know anything about this author. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaarg Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 lol. plus I think phelps has got a slight raise in his b.i. in that picture... is his right arm longer than his left? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iamabe Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 lol. plus I think phelps has got a slight raise in his b.i. in that picture... is his right arm longer than his left? Perhaps it's the perspective? BTW great Lone Wolf & Cub avatar. I read the first 10 and then stopped. How are the rest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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