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 Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 6:48 pm
Happy Towel Day Everyone!!!
Towel Day was intended to be a wake for Douglas Adams. Douglas Adams wrote The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Towel Day is a way of showing respect for the passing of this most hoopy frood. It was first slated for one week after his death, but that didn't give people nearly enough time to get the word out. So they moved it to two weeks after his death.
"This question also appears in the form, "But, why not 42 days after his death?" Again, it's all about timing, 42 days is a long time in the history of the Universe, so we were concerned that the enthusiasm would vaporize like a planet in the path of a Vogon Constructor Fleet. Some people still won't give up, and ask "But, why not on Thursday, since that's when the trilogy begins? Well, we didn't think about that until the idea had already exploded across the Internet. I could never get the hang of Thursdays, anyway. If you have any other questions about why Towel Day is on May 25th, instead of (insert date here), feel free to consult your Guide."
This is the reason they are now selling towels in the shops!
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Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 6:50 pm
To quote from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitch hiker 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 vapours; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world 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 ward off noxious fumes or to avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (a mindboggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you - daft as a bush, but very, very ravenous); 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
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Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 6:51 pm
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.
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Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 6:54 pm
FAQs
Who am I?
Take off your jacket, find the inside of the collar, read what's written on a little label there, this should be your name. Oddly enough most people seem to share the same name of St Michael.
What am I doing here?
I know, I've often wondered that as well. Well actually you should be working right now instead of skiving off work surfing the net all day.
What are the Space/Time Continuum Coordinates(Galactic Standard version)?
x (in parsecs) =
0.8929 times the radius of galaxy plus 3,229,318,937 times the time in millisecoids since the big bang
y (in parsecs) =
0.000000000000000174 times the height of the Great Zarquon's left big toe plus 3,229,318,937 times the time in millisecoids since the big bang
z (in parsecs) =
um I'll get back to you on that, my slide rule's just broken
u (Universe no.) =
Parallel universe number 42
t (time in millisecoids) =
42 to the power of 42 plus the price of a good hot cup of tea in Betelgeuse
Anything else?
Don't forget to bring your towel.
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Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 6:56 pm
Towels
Towels are the most useful thing it is possible to have handy in a crisis. One of the first things that Ford Prefect did for Arthur Dent after the demolition of the Earth was to equip him with a towel.
They can be used for snaring birds whilst falling from a three-mile high marble statue.
They can be used to signal temporally unstable spaceships by fossilizing them in planetary strata.
They can be soaked in nutrients to provide sustenance in awkward situations (Although, as Zaphod Beeblebrox found, this is not a terribly tasty solution to hunger).
They can also do a really good job of drying between your toes.
The Hitchhiker's Guide is full of suggestions for successful towel deployment. It is worth noting that a cup of white vinegar in a wash will help keep your towels fluffy and soft.
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Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 11:55 am
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Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:04 am
sad I missed Towel Day! crying
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Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:18 pm
 Congratulations Poppingdillo! heart
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Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:48 am
I remember the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I wasn't aware that Douglas Adams had passed away, though. sad
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Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 10:01 am
Happy Towel Day 2009!
Do you have your towel?
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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:24 pm
I missed towel day again this year crying that makes missing it two years in a row
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