You
sass that hoopy Douglas Adams? Now there's a frood who knew where his
towel was. You are invited
to join your fellow hitch hikers in mourning the loss of the late great
one. Join in on towel day to show
your appreciation for the humor and insight that Douglas Adams brought
to all our lives.
What do I do?
Carry your towel with you throughout the day to show your participation
and mourning.
When
do I do it?
May 25th.
Where
do I do it?
Everywhere.
Why
a towel?
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.
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.
Let us know
We
want to know who you are and that you're participating in Towel Day. Join
the forum and let us
know if you're going to participate. The forum Electronic Thumb
does not require you to register.
And
when you have, feel free to post photos to prove that you know where your
towel is!
Those go in the A shread of evidence forum which require you
to register.
Add yourself to the Frappr map!
There are also letters written to us on the Towel Testimonials page!
11:37 A.M. - Sunday, May. 04, 2008