Preserved Topic: Friday is Towel Day. (Page 1 of 1)

You sass that hoopy Douglas Adams? Now there's a frood who knew where his towel was. You are invited to join your fellow hitchhikers 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, 2001

Where do I do it?

Everywhere.

Why a towel?

See http://www.binaryfreedom.com/towelday/



Your pal, -doc-



[This message has been edited by DocOzone (edited 05-23-2001).]

I'm with you Doc. I've got just the towel in mind. It's a black number that's somber and very manly.

I've got a nice red, blue and green number fresh out of the wash!

That`s froopy, Doc. Towel`s always nearby w/ proper nutrients in the corners.

He`ll be missed.




If you try to fail and succeed, which have you done ?

Yours in solidarity. I'm up for towel day.

Everyone here seems to know the Hitchhiker books pretty well. Anyone get into Dirk Gently, Holistic Detective? I loved those. I got a sofa stuck in a stair well once too

What a loss. And he was a Mac advocate too!

I think my bleach stained hair-die towel should go down quite well for this

is he... gone?

Mahjqa: Yes he died of a heart attack about week and half ago. So young!! He was only 49.

I still have my travel towel...
it's been on many places with me so i will take this one with me the whole friday..



Do Not under estimate the power of JOHN DOE

I found out on /. the day after. The next day I saw something on the net about carrying a towel around. I'll have mine tomorrow.

It's your God, they're your rules, YOU go to Hell.

its always right there, i will have it with me.

Yea, Ateve. I thought I was the only one that read Dirk Gently. The Rain god. hehe. Good stuff.

Yea, Steve. I thought I was the only one that read Dirk Gently. The Rain god. hehe. Good stuff.

Did you get your couch out ?

I have always intended to get around to reading Douglas Adams' work. I'm sure I will love it. So I will carry my towel tomorrow as a "pre" thank you to his memory.

Ok, I've got my towel. How about the rest of you? Doc, I was just checking out your cam... where's your towel?

Got my paisley towel out special for this!
"So long, froopy one", and thanks for all the fish!"

~the sigless sig~

So Friday is over. I think maybe I stimulated some interest in Adams among my coworkers. Or maybe I misread their reations
Carried mine all day. Used it to wipe away a tear or two. I admit, I *was* a bit selfconscious as I stood in front of the graduating class of NE School of Law taking their group photo, but what the hell - by the time they pass the bar they won't remember me.

Best moment - daughter #1, the high school senior: "You are *such* a geek!" Ah, it was great (I accepted it from her 'cause she's read all the books!). Krets - makes me wonder what she'll write about her parents in her blog some day

docilebob: yep, I got it out of the stairwell, but never did get it where it was intended to go. Growing mold in the garage now!

I've invested my penny towards dinner at the Restaurant at the End.....

(odd - we haven't heard from the one named for the vogons yet...)

Ahhh! I got so caught up this morning with my girlie that I *totally* forgot.

Forgive me?

Damnit!

I didn't know about the towel day... I certainly would've taken my towel with me... Well, maybe some other day this week.

It was a sad sad day indeed when I read about the passing away of Douglas Adams. It's a great loss and he will be greatly missed...


--jto