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Michael Massacre
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 Posted: April 15, 2008 1:23 pm Post subject: Towel Day |
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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.
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first time i heard it i kinda laughed.
second time i was like o crap this is gonna be a hit, i'm going to hear it waaay too much and get so sick of it.
third time i turned the radio off. |
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| Posted: April 15, 2008 1:27 pm Post subject: Re: Towel Day |
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| Michael Massacre wrote: |
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. |
I never noticed how useful a towel is.
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| Posted: April 15, 2008 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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Ive got my towel!
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| Posted: April 15, 2008 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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*looks for his towel*
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| Posted: April 15, 2008 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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i would do that if i didn't have to go to school 
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| Posted: April 16, 2008 6:35 am Post subject: |
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*mourns as she grabs her towel*
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| Posted: April 16, 2008 10:53 am Post subject: |
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| i would do that if i didn't have to go to school |
You could put a washcloth in your notebook, that might work.
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| Posted: April 16, 2008 11:16 am Post subject: |
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I'm gonna use my Thomas the Tank Engine towel. :3
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| Posted: April 16, 2008 1:31 pm Post subject: |
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| lozinja wrote: |
| i would do that if i didn't have to go to school |
so what, carry a towel around. isn't not against the rules is it?
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| Posted: April 16, 2008 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Arabella wrote: |
| lozinja wrote: |
| i would do that if i didn't have to go to school |
so what, carry a towel around. isn't not against the rules is it? |
no, but everyone would ask about it and by the end of the day i'd probably be sick of answering quetions.
that washcloth in the notebook thing is a good idea though 
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| Posted: April 16, 2008 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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we should have a Dobby Day where we carry socks in our books
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| Posted: April 16, 2008 11:48 pm Post subject: |
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^ We totally should!!!!!
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| Posted: April 17, 2008 12:25 am Post subject: |
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oh my god, stuffed pretzel, I totally mentioned Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy at least three times today, haha. Then I see this!
I'll definately be celebrating with my towel. And books. And Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy DVD. 
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| Posted: April 17, 2008 5:20 am Post subject: |
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| lozinja wrote: |
| Arabella wrote: |
| lozinja wrote: |
| i would do that if i didn't have to go to school |
so what, carry a towel around. isn't not against the rules is it? |
no, but everyone would ask about it and by the end of the day i'd probably be sick of answering questions.
that washcloth in the notebook thing is a good idea though |
questions are good, you can inspire literacy by explaining it comes from a book.
and worse case scenerio, if its gets too tough just raise your thumb
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| Posted: April 17, 2008 11:08 am Post subject: |
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| Arabella wrote: |
| we should have a Dobby Day where we carry socks in our books |
I have a sock in my pocket. o.o
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| Posted: April 17, 2008 11:29 am Post subject: |
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| Morgan_Shay wrote: |
| Arabella wrote: |
| we should have a Dobby Day where we carry socks in our books |
I have a sock in my pocket. o.o |
I have a wocket in mine.
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| Posted: April 17, 2008 11:50 am Post subject: |
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| GinnyX wrote: |
| Morgan_Shay wrote: |
| Arabella wrote: |
| we should have a Dobby Day where we carry socks in our books |
I have a sock in my pocket. o.o |
I have a wocket in mine. |
I can haz cheezeburger in mine pocketz!?
I just ate lunch and I'm still hungry.
DAMN MY METABOLISM! I shall eat towels when I get home.
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| Posted: April 17, 2008 11:50 am Post subject: |
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OMG I want a wocket!
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| Posted: April 17, 2008 11:51 am Post subject: |
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What's a wocket? I've never heard that term before. x:
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| Posted: April 17, 2008 11:59 am Post subject: |
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Heheh, I'm so doing that. And that's the same day that one of my best friends was born, I think I'll send him a towel for a present.
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| Morgan_Shay wrote: |
| What's a wocket? I've never heard that term before. x: |
There's a Wocket in My Pocket!
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| Posted: April 17, 2008 12:11 pm Post subject: |
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x:........ Okkayyyy...
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| x:........ Okkayyyy... |
Did you click the link?
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| Posted: April 17, 2008 1:05 pm Post subject: |
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its dr. seuss!
spread the news!
wocket wocket
pocket pocket
wolly poggle boose
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