"I would not have put that part in the book"
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Happy Towel Day
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In 1985 or so, Douglas Adams came to a local mall to promote "So Long and Thanks For All the Fish." A 17 year old version of myself brought a pink towel for him to sign (I also brought a marker as I suspected he would not have one). As he signed it he said to me "If I had known that everyone was going to bring me towels to sign, I would not have put that part in the book."
Quite frankly, he seemed a bit unappreciative of his nerdy fans. It gives me some satisfaction that now, beyond his grave, the towel lives on.
Now if I can just find that old pink towel somewhere...
Can anyone find a full list of the agreed upon rules of tonight's debate? For example I have heard from the news that neither candidate will be allowed to address the other directly, or step away from their podium (for fear there will be a shot of Kerry, who is 5 inches taller than Bush, towering over his shorter opponent). Also, all of the questions will be given to each cadidate in advance. Sounds more like a "dual press conference" than a "debate".
Anyway, it sounded like a good drinking game could be constructed where the players consume a tasty beverage if the candidates break one of more of the rules.
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In 1985 or so, Douglas Adams came to a local mall to promote "So Long and Thanks For All the Fish." A 17 year old version of myself brought a pink towel for him to sign (I also brought a marker as I suspected he would not have one). As he signed it he said to me "If I had known that everyone was going to bring me towels to sign, I would not have put that part in the book."
Quite frankly, he seemed a bit unappreciative of his nerdy fans. It gives me some satisfaction that now, beyond his grave, the towel lives on.
Now if I can just find that old pink towel somewhere...
OK, I must be out of the loop. What is this talking about?
Anyway, it sounded like a good drinking game could be constructed where the players consume a tasty beverage if the candidates break one of more of the rules.
Just FYI, I downloaded and checked the md5 on this and it matches the one downloaded from the Winamp site:
d2d9d1f29a3ed853e364ffb5d5de4581
Oh, and thanks for the music files too.
http://www.altonbrown.com/pages/shop.html
Which unfortunately isn't selling any gadgets right now, but promisses to do so soon.
I am glad someone mentioned Freegeek.org before I had to.