I completely forgot today was towel day. So, happy said date. Discuss Towels and the awesomeness of Douglas Adams here.
Towels make me less wet after showers.
Quote from: sonicdude164 on May 25, 2008, 06:11:47 AM
Towels make me less wet after showers.
And then they can be used as a whip against enemies :o
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towel_Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towel_Day)
I'm bringing my towel to an amusement park today. Should be fun.
Other uses for towels according to Douglas Adams himself:
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.
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.
Quote from: Zovistograt on May 25, 2008, 06:15:09 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towel_Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towel_Day)
I'm bringing my towel to an amusement park today. Should be fun.
Sounds interesting. Me and my friends are going to the mall later today (Hopefully I'm coming, I'm at my Grandma's house an hour away ;-; ), and we're bringing towels :P
Interesting. I shall bring my Super Mario Sunshine towel! :P
(http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/4150/towlieso2.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
O_o towel day? Wierd.
But, nevertheless, there is a pirate day, so why not?
I have a favorite red towel I use after taking showers.Quote from: Zovistograt on May 25, 2008, 06:15:09 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towel_Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towel_Day)
I'm bringing my towel to an amusement park today. Should be fun.
Other uses for towels according to Douglas Adams himself:
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.
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.
Wow. That's amazing.
Now that I think about it, a towel can be a very useful thing.
This reminds me that I need to read the book, since I loved the movie.
Quote from: Friendly Hostile on May 25, 2008, 03:33:59 PM
This reminds me that I need to read the book, since I loved the movie.
The book is at least twenty times better than the movie.
Quote from: Olimar on May 25, 2008, 03:41:43 PM
Quote from: Friendly Hostile on May 25, 2008, 03:33:59 PM
This reminds me that I need to read the book, since I loved the movie.
The book is at least twenty times better than the movie.
The movie made minimal sense to me, as I was sick and drifting in and out of consciousness, not to mention that it's a wierd movie without that.
...
By the time it was done, I had a headache.
...
And what the hell is towel day?
Quote from: Miiman56 on May 25, 2008, 03:10:02 PM
(Large image of Towlee goes here with the caption, "Don't forget to bring a towel" on it.)
You beat me to it.
Quote from: Orgizirtee on May 25, 2008, 04:20:20 PM
Quote from: Olimar on May 25, 2008, 03:41:43 PM
Quote from: Friendly Hostile on May 25, 2008, 03:33:59 PM
This reminds me that I need to read the book, since I loved the movie.
The book is at least twenty times better than the movie.
The movie made minimal sense to me, as I was sick and drifting in and out of consciousness, not to mention that it's a wierd movie without that.
...
By the time it was done, I had a headache.
...
And what the hell is towel day?
A day celebrating the awesomeness of Douglas Adams.
Quote from: Olimar on May 25, 2008, 04:24:30 PM
Quote from: Orgizirtee on May 25, 2008, 04:20:20 PM
Quote from: Olimar on May 25, 2008, 03:41:43 PM
Quote from: Friendly Hostile on May 25, 2008, 03:33:59 PM
This reminds me that I need to read the book, since I loved the movie.
The book is at least twenty times better than the movie.
The movie made minimal sense to me, as I was sick and drifting in and out of consciousness, not to mention that it's a wierd movie without that.
...
By the time it was done, I had a headache.
...
And what the hell is towel day?
A day celebrating the awesomeness of Douglas Adams.
...Uh huh...
Quote from: Orgizirtee on May 25, 2008, 04:26:16 PM
Quote from: Olimar on May 25, 2008, 04:24:30 PM
Quote from: Orgizirtee on May 25, 2008, 04:20:20 PM
Quote from: Olimar on May 25, 2008, 03:41:43 PM
Quote from: Friendly Hostile on May 25, 2008, 03:33:59 PM
This reminds me that I need to read the book, since I loved the movie.
The book is at least twenty times better than the movie.
The movie made minimal sense to me, as I was sick and drifting in and out of consciousness, not to mention that it's a wierd movie without that.
...
By the time it was done, I had a headache.
...
And what the hell is towel day?
A day celebrating the awesomeness of Douglas Adams.
...Uh huh...
Just click on that link from Zovi :D
its a stupid intercourse ing made up holiday that no one cares about.
Quote from: Allegretto on May 25, 2008, 06:04:45 PM
its a stupid intercourse ing made up holiday that no one cares about.
Except for the people who like The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Quote from: Allegretto on May 25, 2008, 06:04:45 PM
its a stupid intercourse ing made up holiday that no one cares about.
Sounds like Mother's Day, Father's Day, any foreign country's Independence day, birthdays, etc.
that makes the.... fourth year in a row i've missed it.
the HHGttG movie from... 3 years ago?
yeah, that was bullpoop.
Let the records show that Tuppyluver1 is not a fan of Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on May 25, 2008, 06:24:59 PM
Let the records show that Tuppyluver1 is not a fan of Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy.
You bastard D:
Quote from: Olimar on May 25, 2008, 06:29:30 PM
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on May 25, 2008, 06:24:59 PM
Let the records show that Tuppyluver1 is not a fan of Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy.
You bastard D:
It wasn't entertaining to read nor watch. Sorry.
A towel is a useful tool, I agree with that.
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on May 25, 2008, 06:35:44 PM
Quote from: Olimar on May 25, 2008, 06:29:30 PM
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on May 25, 2008, 06:24:59 PM
Let the records show that Tuppyluver1 is not a fan of Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy.
You bastard D:
It wasn't entertaining to read nor watch. Sorry.
A towel is a useful tool, I agree with that.
The movie wasn't that great compared to the book. I found the book entertaining, really. I wub Marvin.
the movie was ass. period.
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on May 25, 2008, 06:24:59 PM
Let the records show that Tuppyluver1 is not a fan of Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy.
You're not my friend anymore.
Quote from: Jono2 on May 25, 2008, 06:44:10 PM
the movie was ass. period.
It was decent. It wasn't horrendous, but it wasn't particularly amazing.
Nice special effects, I enjoyed Marvin, and I thought Arthur was casted well.
I don't HATE Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, it just didn't click with me.
Probably because I think stories set in space are tired and overdone, nothing against Douglas Adams.
I read H2G2 too much. @_@ Has anybody else read the other two books that Douglas Adams did.
Quote from: Dr.Hobo2 on May 25, 2008, 06:58:41 PM
I read H2G2 too much. @_@ Has anybody else read the other two books that Douglas Adams did.
I never read them, although I do know about them :P
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on May 25, 2008, 06:06:41 PM
Quote from: Allegretto on May 25, 2008, 06:04:45 PM
its a stupid f***ing made up holiday that no one cares about.
Except for the people who like The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
But you hate it :O
Quote from: Allegretto on May 25, 2008, 07:27:29 PM
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on May 25, 2008, 06:06:41 PM
Quote from: Allegretto on May 25, 2008, 06:04:45 PM
its a stupid f***ing made up holiday that no one cares about.
Except for the people who like The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
But you hate it :O
I know, but some people like it.
Quote from: Olimar on May 25, 2008, 07:14:01 PM
Quote from: Dr.Hobo2 on May 25, 2008, 06:58:41 PM
I read H2G2 too much. @_@ Has anybody else read the other two books that Douglas Adams did.
I never read them, although I do know about them :P
Well you should go read them. I think they're good. :)
Quote from: Dr.Hobo2 on May 25, 2008, 07:59:42 PM
Quote from: Olimar on May 25, 2008, 07:14:01 PM
Quote from: Dr.Hobo2 on May 25, 2008, 06:58:41 PM
I read H2G2 too much. @_@ Has anybody else read the other two books that Douglas Adams did.
I never read them, although I do know about them :P
Well you should go read them. I think they're good. :)
Only if you acknowledge my RP >_>;
Quote from: Olimar on May 25, 2008, 08:04:58 PM
Quote from: Dr.Hobo2 on May 25, 2008, 07:59:42 PM
Quote from: Olimar on May 25, 2008, 07:14:01 PM
Quote from: Dr.Hobo2 on May 25, 2008, 06:58:41 PM
I read H2G2 too much. @_@ Has anybody else read the other two books that Douglas Adams did.
I never read them, although I do know about them :P
Well you should go read them. I think they're good. :)
Only if you acknowledge my RP >_>;
Hm...you set a hard bargin...We'll see. :robotindifferent:
Quote from: Dr.Hobo2 on May 25, 2008, 08:06:15 PM
Quote from: Olimar on May 25, 2008, 08:04:58 PM
Quote from: Dr.Hobo2 on May 25, 2008, 07:59:42 PM
Quote from: Olimar on May 25, 2008, 07:14:01 PM
Quote from: Dr.Hobo2 on May 25, 2008, 06:58:41 PM
I read H2G2 too much. @_@ Has anybody else read the other two books that Douglas Adams did.
I never read them, although I do know about them :P
Well you should go read them. I think they're good. :)
Only if you acknowledge my RP >_>;
Hm...you set a hard bargin...We'll see. :robotindifferent:
LET THE BATTLE BEGIN
:|
hmmm...back from the amusement park.
I was the only one there with a freaking towel ;_;
any better luck, Olimar?