Towel Day is almost here!
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Cool, it's on my birthday!
Anyway, I seriously need to read The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. I've been putting that on hold for about four years now.
Anyway, I seriously need to read The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. I've been putting that on hold for about four years now.
No you're a towel!Abedeus said:No, you are a towel.teisjm said:You wanna get high?xxhazyshadowsxx said:
As the great Towelie says:
"Don't Forget to Bring a Towel!"
OT: I've never heard of Towel day, but I am looking forward to partaking in the shenanigans.
I'm not your towel, buddy.teisjm said:No you're a towel!Abedeus said:No, you are a towel.teisjm said:You wanna get high?xxhazyshadowsxx said:
As the great Towelie says:
"Don't Forget to Bring a Towel!"
OT: I've never heard of Towel day, but I am looking forward to partaking in the shenanigans.
...Okay, let's stop it right here and now.
Hurrah for the towels, this finally gives me a reason to just go out after a shower rather than bothering to get dressed etc 
It's not really a gag as such.urprobablyright said:
It's just a humorous piece of interstella hitchhiker culture, given to us for flavour.
I think it's mentioned a few times in the books, the first being near the start of the first book, when Ford Prefect is warning Arthur Dent about earth's impending destruction.
It's been a while since I read the books though, so I'm not sure.
the best is in the movies and how Ford carries his towel around, that made me laugh so muchiain62a said:
A towel is perhaps the most useful thing a person can have while hitchhiking across the galaxy. You can use it as a blanket to keep you warm. Wear it on your head to keep yourself cool. Wear it around your mouth to protect yourself from noxious fumes. Plus, if you have your towel, all other hitchhikers will assume that you have at your availability all other manner of supplies that they will then be more then willing to lend to you if you should so need one, cause anyone who can travel the length and breadth of the galaxy, and still know where their towel is, is one all together dude.urprobablyright said:
It's lead to a saying amongst hitchhikers that goes something like this: "Hey, did you sass that Ford Prefect? Theres one hoopy frood who knows where his towel is."
paraphrased from memory.. I didn't include the specifics of the uses, as I've only read the book a couple times, but that's the jist of it.
Having your towel handy is the most important thing about hitchhiking in the galaxy.