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The Science of The Moist Towelette
BoomZilla writes "Just when you thought that
things couldn't get any stranger, may I present for you delectation the enchantment
of the Modern Moist Towelette
Collection. Pictures, interactive demos (I kid you not) and the ever-popular
MMTC theme song are presented in their resplendent glory. I was particularly
excited to learn that Edvard Munch's The Scream was not, in fact, a
representation of stress, but rather a depiction of a gentleman who has soiled
his hands and is using an early form of moist towelette to clean himself.
Decide for yourself."
I think Douglas Adams' (RIP) words regarding "lemon soaked paper napkins" - or lack thereof, on the derelict spaceship close to the 13 mile high statue of Arthur Dent throwing the nutrimatic cup is justification enough for collecting these things. Remember - you always need to know where your (moist) towel(ette) is!
Rich people are eccentric. Poor people are strange. Me, I'd be happy with odd.
This is really not that strange. Back in elementary school, (I'm in college now) the school used to have a sealed plastic bag that contained a napkin, a spork, a knife, and a wet nap. Of course, my friends and I never used the wet naps and instead collected them. Throughout the year, I collected quite a variety of them and just a few years ago, I was cleaning out some stuff and a found a box of wet naps. Of course, they were all dried up.
:)
This just shows what we'll collect. Then again, I wouldn't collect wet naps now.
David
The Online Museum
Vintage Moist Towelette
The Moist Towlettel page
One of the most precious recources for any geek is a moist towelette that can be substituted for that unnecessary showering...
as long as you've got a steady supply, no need to leave the keyboard.
Be you Admins? nay, we are but lusers!
I hate the moist towelette. It's terrible on a newborn's skin. The hospital recommended just cotton towlettes. The non-moist kind, and even gave us a supply that barely lasted a week.
See, you wet them from this thing called a faucet. That way, there's nothing added that will adversely effect baby.
When we ran out, I tried to find some at the store, but all they had were moist towelettes. Rows and rows of them. Eventually we tried them, making sure we picked the water only type.
No good. Baby's skin was getting red. So we switched to cotton balls (now that's fun, let me tell you).
Now he's six weeks old, and we've been using the moist towelettes again with no adverse side effects. But why can't I find dry towlettes at the store? Why call them moist when that's the only kind they sell?
A programmer is a machine for converting coffee into code.
They come in handy if you need to clean up before visiting Eccentrica Gallumbits.
This page has clearly been created by a solitary person who wants to create the impression that there are indeed many Moist Towelette collectors out there by pretending that there is some kind of Moist Towelette community.
A quick look at his Q & A indicates that there are in fact only two questions, and both are probably faked by him.
My immediate suggestion therefore is to all swiftly contact this gentleman and enthuse on our sudden interest in moist towelettes. His faith in the Internet as a medium for populating his ideas will be boosted 2000 fold, at least until AOL starts charging for the bandwidth.
This should probably not be on slashdot, it should be on somethingawful.com. If slashdot were to cover every crackpot website out there there'd be no space for any real news. If there was any evidence of a community of moist towelette collectors at this site, it'd be news. But since it's clearly just one poor sod on his own and maybe a handful of friends laughing behind his back, it really doesnt qualify as news and is on par with "Exceedingly dull person found on Internet" which wouldnt be much of a surprise.
But I'm beeing a bit of a killjoy here, the song was at least amusing, and wow does it beat the hell out of the OpenBSD songs!...
Or
The fact that a good majority of those towelettes look familiar to me.
Poor guy....something as innocuous as moist towelettes, and he's about to get slashdotted..oh well. There's no helping that now.
I heard they can also be used to clean up TCP/IP dirty bits..... :P
From the website:
...
Verse 1:
You're Soft
You're Wet
You Smell So Good...
Chorus:
I Love You Moist Towelettes
I Love You Moist Towelettes
I Love You Moist Towelettes
Verse 2:
You're Pretty
The Way They Dress You Up
Wanna Take You Home
Open You Up
(Chorus)
Outro:
Can't Wait To Get My Hands On You
Can't Wait To Rub My Hands On You
Can't Wait To Get My Hands On You
Tear Open, Unfold, and Use
You know, if you replace "moist towlette" with someone's name, you have a potential serial rapist on your hands.
This is scary.
Yup...
Not standard otc stuff, it is made to kill bacteria on the surface so the sample is unadultrated.
Ack!
A clickable link for the lazy: The moist towelette theory
Google Cache:
Towelette Gallery
Towelette Q&A
Towelette Awards
Towelette Contacts
Has this replaced the single sock method?
..may I present for you delectation the enchantment..
not only was 'you' misspelled, it took me a minute just to be able to say that damn sentence and figure out what it meant.
DO NOT EAT!
-calyxa
Decay! Decay! Decay! -Helium