Smart Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 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. - Douglas Adams: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy +++ Towel Day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinky the kid Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChupacabra Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortFuse Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 classic. wait wait wait for it...........the book was better than the movie. haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yinz n'at Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 book was dope, didnt see the movie, i tend to stay away from films featuring rap artists Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaOnlyQue Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Oprah dont like towels ...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedicineCabinet Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 saw this for the sole reason that zooey deschanel was in it im sure id appreciate it a lot more, had i known about the whole culture/fanbase behind this book, or read it pretty funny movie though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfffffffffft Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 you ARE a towel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STAN51 Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Towel heads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercer Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 You'll never catch me slipping: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsmbfan Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 hitchhikers guide to the galaxy sucked so fucking bad... although if i weren't funny and spoke with a British accent and had a camera, that's the results I'd expect. so fucking fail. dolphins fly away? i just knew there were jokes in there somewhere, I had to watch it twice to see if I missed anything. that fucking movie owes me at least two hours of my life back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dowmagik Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 douglas adams was the fuckin man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILZ FILLZ Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILZ FILLZ Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 classic. wait wait wait for it...........the book was better than the movie. haha. they always are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Picky P. Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 book was dope, didnt see the movie, i tend to stay away from films featuring rap artists curious to note that mos def was actually one of the best things about the movie...just my $.02. the best thing being the aforementioned zooey deschanel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms.seyer Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 you ARE a towel NO you're a towel! Towel vs. Shamwow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KILZ FILLZ Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 curious to note that mos def was actually one of the best things about the movie...just my $.02. the best thing being the aforementioned zooey deschanel. mos def has been great in all the movies i have seen him in all like 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil_spenty Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 hahaahah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayabusa Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 YOU WANNA GO GET HIIIIIGH? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eaten By Wolves Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Always, you just better have a towel with you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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