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Don't Panic, It's Towel Day!

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the he's-just-this-guy-ya-know dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Today, as every May 25th, geeks all over the world celebrate Towel Day and carry a towel in honor of Douglas Adams. The popular author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy died in 2001 at the age of 49, but his work lives on. According to the book, a towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Hence its symbolic role in this celebration. This year, for the first time as far as we know, Towel Day is being supported by the British publisher of Adams' books, who organizes a photo competition."

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  1. There are ~1,308,361 American dead... by bsharp8256 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    since 1776 and there is a post on Memorial Day about a fucking holiday celebrating the fucking towel?

    1. Re:There are ~1,308,361 American dead... by iamhigh · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      Why should we respect the dead? They're dead, they don't care if we respect them or not.

      Your grandmother was a whore.

      It is the those that loved them still living that you can respect.

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    2. Re:There are ~1,308,361 American dead... by insane_machine · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      My grandmother is still alive you insensitive clod.

    3. Re:There are ~1,308,361 American dead... by IndustrialComplex · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      My grandmother is still alive you insensitive clod.

      I mean really, that was quite insensitive. Not only that, but she is still spry enough to ply the trade. Don't worry about insensitive clods though, we will honor her on labor day.

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    4. Re:There are ~1,308,361 American dead... by doti · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Your grandmother was a whore.

      My grandmother is still alive you insensitive clod.

      Oh, she's still a whore then..

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    5. Re:There are ~1,308,361 American dead... by JAlexoi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Parent modded Insightful!?!?!?!?!?!?!

  2. subspecies maybe by josepha48 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    as they can still breed and are genetically the same, they are more likely subspecies than actually different species. many dog breeds are different mutations in the same genetic code. there are genes in dogs that are repeater genes, and depending on how many repeats of these genes determines how tall the dog is, the ears and so on

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