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Seven of Nine
Sammie's Mammy
Joined: 16 Jun 2001
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Location: North East England
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 Thu May 19, 2005 4:47 pm Towel Day!!!! 25th May (HHGTTG- Douglas Adams) |
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25th May is towel day! Do you know where your towel is?
| Douglas Adams in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy wrote: | 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.
Much has been written on the subject of towels, most of which stresses the many practical functions they can serve for the modern hitchhiker. Two seminal books are Werdle Sneng's compendious tome, "Bath Sheets In Space", which is far too large to carry but sits magnificently on fashionable coffee tables, and Frat Gad's handbook, "Heavily Modified Face Flannels", an altogether terser work for masochists.
However, only the Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy explains that the towel has a far more important psychological value, in that anyone who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against mind-boggling odds, win through, and still know where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with. Hence a phrase which has passed into hitch-hiking slang, as in: "Hey, you sass [1] that hoopy[2] Ford Prefect? There's a frood[3] who really knows where his towel is.
[1] Know, meet, be aware of, have sex with.
[2] Really together guy.
[3] Really amazingly together guy. |
I shall be wearing my towel with pride on 25th May. I'll also be going to see the film on that day, since it seems appropiate (taking my towel, of course).
For more information, click on This Link.
http://www.towelday.kojv.net/
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Hitchhiker
Rear Admiral
Joined: 11 Aug 2004
Posts: 3514
Location: Ontario, Canada
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| Thu May 19, 2005 4:50 pm |
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Muwahahahahaha!
May 25 is a Wednesday . . . will do.  Now I must carefully select my favourite towel . . .
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Dirt
Exercise Boy
Joined: 19 May 2003
Posts: 2086
Location: a tree
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| Thu May 19, 2005 6:15 pm |
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Crazy, 
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Starbuck
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Joined: 19 Feb 2003
Posts: 8715
Location: between chaos and melody
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| Thu May 19, 2005 7:53 pm |
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I brought my towel to the movie, and I will SO bring my towel with me everywhere wednsday.
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lionhead
Rear Admiral
Joined: 26 May 2004
Posts: 4020
Location: The Delta Quadrant (or not...)
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| Fri May 20, 2005 2:25 am |
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Towel Day is on my birthday.... Does that mean anything? mAybe i should ask for a towel as present.
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nadia
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Joined: 08 Apr 2005
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Location: Australia
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| Fri May 20, 2005 3:58 am |
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| lionhead wrote: | | Towel Day is on my birthday.... Does that mean anything? mAybe i should ask for a towel as present. |
Yer! thats funny 
I have never herd of towl day befor! How strange
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madlilnerd
Duchess of Dancemat
Joined: 03 Aug 2004
Posts: 5885
Location: Slough, England
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| Fri May 20, 2005 10:10 am |
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I saw the movie!!! But my towel is all stained and icky. No lie. 
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Mustkillbret
Rear Admiral
Joined: 19 Mar 2004
Posts: 2945
Location: Here and There, Mostly There
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| Fri May 20, 2005 10:18 am |
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| madlilnerd wrote: | | I saw the movie!!! But my towel is all stained and icky. No lie. |
^I wonder why....
Towels are a necessity!
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DONT PANIC!!!
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Republican_Man
STV's Premier Conservative
Joined: 26 Mar 2004
Posts: 14823
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| Fri May 20, 2005 5:36 pm |
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lol, too funny! Funny day, funny passage!
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Mustkillbret
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Location: Here and There, Mostly There
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| Sat May 21, 2005 5:43 am |
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| Republican_Man wrote: | | lol, too funny! Funny day, funny passage! |
... Passage eh...
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poisontears
Lieutenant, Junior Grade
Joined: 15 May 2005
Posts: 131
Location: Inside your computer!!! MWAHAHA.. Joke!!!!
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| Sat May 21, 2005 8:43 am |
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Well, I hadn't heard of Towel Day, but after viewing Hitchhikers yesterday, I'm DEFINATELY joining in But people might wonder why i'm carrying around a towel at school...
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madlilnerd
Duchess of Dancemat
Joined: 03 Aug 2004
Posts: 5885
Location: Slough, England
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| Sat May 21, 2005 8:46 am |
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/\ the hand dryer things are always broken, use that as an excuse. And we have PE, so you can bring a towel and then not use it
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poisontears
Lieutenant, Junior Grade
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| Sat May 21, 2005 8:54 am |
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VERY good idea. Oh, the acceptance of Towels make tears of joy stream down my face...
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madlilnerd
Duchess of Dancemat
Joined: 03 Aug 2004
Posts: 5885
Location: Slough, England
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| Sat May 21, 2005 9:00 am |
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I am so bringing a towel to school
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poisontears
Lieutenant, Junior Grade
Joined: 15 May 2005
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Location: Inside your computer!!! MWAHAHA.. Joke!!!!
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| Sat May 21, 2005 9:03 am |
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I can't find it at the moment but i will; A yellow towel with a really cute pic of a bumblebee in the corner!! I want a Marvin Towel
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madlilnerd
Duchess of Dancemat
Joined: 03 Aug 2004
Posts: 5885
Location: Slough, England
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| Sat May 21, 2005 9:04 am |
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I have a finding Nemo one
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poisontears
Lieutenant, Junior Grade
Joined: 15 May 2005
Posts: 131
Location: Inside your computer!!! MWAHAHA.. Joke!!!!
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| Sat May 21, 2005 9:13 am |
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Actually, my bumblebee one is more of a handtowel, is that ok?
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madlilnerd
Duchess of Dancemat
Joined: 03 Aug 2004
Posts: 5885
Location: Slough, England
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| Sat May 21, 2005 9:14 am |
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Yeah, you can do that. My one came free with washing tablets
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poisontears
Lieutenant, Junior Grade
Joined: 15 May 2005
Posts: 131
Location: Inside your computer!!! MWAHAHA.. Joke!!!!
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| Sat May 21, 2005 9:19 am |
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| madlilnerd wrote: | | Yeah, you can do that. My one came free with washing tablets |
You shouldn't be proud to admit that...
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Seven of Nine
Sammie's Mammy
Joined: 16 Jun 2001
Posts: 7871
Location: North East England
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| Sat May 21, 2005 1:03 pm |
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All that is required is a towel. I've got a blue dolphin one, that I've never used and am saving especially for this occasion. Sammie has a hooded towel, that she'll either be wearing or carrying.
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Hitchhiker
Rear Admiral
Joined: 11 Aug 2004
Posts: 3514
Location: Ontario, Canada
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| Sat May 21, 2005 2:06 pm |
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I told my friends and teachers at school about it. I swear that my history teacher looks like Douglas Adams, but he'll be at a track meet on Towel Day. I told him to bring a towel, or else.
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