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Happy Towel Day!

Posted by samzenpus on from the about-the-most-massively-useful-thing-an-interstellar-hitchhiker-can-have dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Douglas Adams died about ten years ago and fans have not forgotten about the beloved author and the importance of having a towel. Today is Towel Day and people from all over the world are holding events to celebrate Adams. Some of the events include: a gladiator towel fight in France, concerts in Denmark & Russia, a march against Vogon Violence in Brazil, and a talk on science in the Hitchhiker's Guide in the UK. A Canadian group even ran a contest to select an Intergalactic Towel Day Ambassador for Earth."

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  1. Towlie says. by Roskolnikov · · Score: 3, Funny

    do you want to get high with me?

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    1. Re:Towlie says. by kimvette · · Score: 2

      When you do it right, you will hang in the air much in the way that bricks don't.

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  2. Re:Kyle says. by religious+freak · · Score: 2

    You're the worst character ever towlie

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  3. Re:Disappointed with the current /. crowd by DikSeaCup · · Score: 2

    I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.

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  4. African Liberation Day by Nirvelli · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's also African Liberation Day / Africa Day (And has been since before Towel Day).

  5. Some of the funniest things I ever read. by XxtraLarGe · · Score: 2

    Some of the things in the Hitchhikers' books brought me to tears from laughing so hard. The first time Slartibartfast reveals his name. The talking cow in the restaurant at the end of the universe. Marvin making the security robot so angry it destroyed itself. Ah, nostalgia.

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  6. Re:Kyle says. by Alsee · · Score: 2

    Meesa have three words for yousa, and two of them are "Jar".

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