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international towel day 25th May.
Location: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Polar%20Circle/100/120/766
Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster drink: from location
Today is international Towel day, in honour of Douglas Adams - easily one of my favourite authors.
TRF: This Red Bandanna was bought for me by my best friends mom about 15 years ago. He wanted one (his was blue) but felt like a tool being the only one with a bandanna. So his mom bought one for me too. It has never seen the light of day till now.
All this singing with no sound made me thing of The coolest audio clip evar
NOTE: You will need a quite place to listen to this and stereo headphones - speakers will not work !!!
For FGR - Sing
For TRP - Towel Day
Explored :D (2 months later Out of the blue?)
Happy Towel Day to all my Hoopy Frood Flickr Friends!
“For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.”
~Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy~
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This is the link to my Old Account for more pictures of Asha: Ashala's account
I was just looking through the calendar site for 'international days of' to see if there were any dates coming up that I could use to upload a Asha picture and hey presto today 25th May is 'Towel Day'. I knew I had some early pictures of Asha on the beach with her beach towel robe so I thought I could use one or two of these. So here is my Asha picture to celebrate Towel Day...You may not be aware that today is Towel Day. All around the world people remember and celebrate the creative genius of British author Douglas Adams by carrying a towel around with them. Douglas Adams did not only contribute to the literary genre of science fiction but to the English language too. Here is a short list of terms that gained an extra dimension through The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series.
42
Perhaps the most well-know example of how a simple number can take on quite a depth of meaning. Try typing the answer to life, the universe and everything into Google, without quotes or capitalising the small words, and Google Calculator will find the answer to the meaning of life.
How do fans celebrate Towel Day? Fans of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy will celebrate today by carrying around a towel with them. They will share photos of themselves with their towels on social media with the hashtag #TowelDay.
if you live in Club Marazul - you need to ask for it in Spanish: "Sin cabeza y sin pie" Translation: no head; no feet. Oh , and Gracias.
Club Marazul was a Club Hotel for French Tourists on the Island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands. There was a tiny grocery in the building that was serviced by Canarians who spoke Spanish and French. Sadly, I only spoke English. I lived here for about a year and one of my neighbors finally helped me to purchase one of the gorgeous looking chickens they had at the butcher - but I had no cleaver, so I never thought I could purchase one. It was one of those moments that I learned "ask and ye shall receive".
The club towel has been with me since 1984.
FGR - Towel Day
Well today has been a beautiful day out, but I definitely could do without all of the cicadas flying around..blech..I think they are gross. They are rampant this year, here in this part of NC and it is all you hear around here is the constant humming of them during the day. It isn't like the pretty sound that crickets make..it is a sound that gets irritating after awhile, lol. :D Anyway, here is my addition to today's FGR challenge of Towel Day. I have never seen or read Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, so I am not too sure if this keeps with the theme..but I hope it does. it is my favorite beach towel, because it has Betty Boop on it. My husband bought it for me at Universal Studios in Florida, when we all went on vacation there a few years ago now. We had just gotten off of this ride that we rode more than once that was like a white water rapids type of ride..it was awesome. :D
It's small but special.
Guess I'm channeling cozy blanket feelings too with the thumb. Oh well.
The Rogue Players are using Towel Day as their theme. In honor of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Mini towel is item collected from Comic Con when the movie can out.
Monday May 25th is also Geek Pride day.
*Things you may not know about me and today's random fact:
I'm a closet geek. Well not that secret really. Ok. I love Star Wars. My brother swears that my sis and I ruined some of his original toys. Also it's possible the 1st movie I ever saw in a theater was SW as an infant. He says I cried through it. I like to say Darth Vader scared me. :P
Somewhere in storage are childhood Halloween photos of us dressed as Darth and Lea. (from SW not Return of the Jedi -Lea)
Even watched Return of the Jedi on tv the other night.
Oh yeah.
I'm no Strag - I've got my towel ready for Galaxy HitchHiking! So long, and thanks for all the fish......
for Flickr Group Roulette - Towel Day / Tribute to Douglas Adams' "A HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
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Douglas Adams: "A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have.... Ein Handtuch ist so ungefähr das Nützlichste, was der interstellare Anhalter besitzen kann....."
and not to forget: “The Ultimate Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything is...42!” (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis)
Douglas Noel Adams: "The Salmon of Doubt Lachs im Zweifel" (Audio Book, youtube)
wikipedia deutsch "Douglas Adams"
wikipedia English "Douglas Adams" .
Part of: "ego - self portrait selfie autoportrait Selbstporträt" mit Rückgrat // Towel day 25. 5. 2017: Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis: eine Art Himmelfahrt, nicht die des Christus. In der Früh Handtuch aussuchen für diesen Tag. Wahl viel auf dieses, weils an das Zitat: "Viele kamen allmählich zu der Überzeugung,
einen großen Fehler gemacht zu haben,
als sie von den Bäumen heruntergekommen waren.
Und einige sagten,
schon die Bäume seien ein Holzweg gewesen,
die Ozeane hätte man niemals verlassen dürfen." erinnert. Überlegungen wie ich es tragen könnte. Die Idee auf die ich kam zeigt das Foto. Farblich abgestimmte Kleidung ausgesucht: grün blaue Scarpa Schuhe, blue jeans, grünes langarm T-Shirt - alles Ton in Ton mit dem Handtuch. Zu Mittag essen bei den Eltern. Nachmittags Herumspielen mit dem Photo und Spiegelungen siehe Kommentar. Schauen welche passenden Videos auf youtube vorhanden sind. Das Planetarium im Prater begeht den Handtuchtag. Astronomie nicht Astrologie. Am Abend das Handtuch als Eintrittskarte ins Planetarium: "Die Geheimnisse des Südhimmels" Paranal Observatorium Atacama Chile, Europäische Südsternwarte (ESO), Very Large Telescope (VLT): Sternennebel, schwarze Materie, rote Riesen, schwarze Zwerge, ein Urknall,.... Sternbilder nicht Sternzeichen, sky not heaven. Dokumentationen über dieses derzeit größte Observatorium:
"Die Europäische Südsternwarte in Chile ESO/HARPS" (youtube 26min53)
"Die Augen des Atacama Teleskops" (youtube 51min29) // Esoterik Entlarvung Astrologie. Numerologie 42 // Kreativität ist keine Phase // handtuch kein Fetisch
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A towel, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value. You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapors; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a miniraft down the slow heavy River Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (such a mind-boggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough.
by Douglas Noal Adams
Taken at Warehouse 21
"Towel Day is celebrated every year on 25 May as a tribute to the author Douglas Adams by his fans. On this day, fans openly carry a towel with them, as described in Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, to demonstrate their appreciation for the books and the author."
Looking to hitch a ride off this planet...
Happy Towel Day 2025 to all my Hoopy Frood Flickr Friends!
So Long and Thanks for all the Fish...
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Happy World Photo Day too.
The prompt asked for a towel. This is 25th May which, to those in the know, is "Towel Day". It commemorates the work of Douglas Adams who wrote The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
If the foregoing means nothing to you, search out the book and read it. In it you will find that Arthur Dent is told to carry a towel with him at all times, hence "Towel Day"
The book was published 42 years ago this year. Also, to those in the know, that is a magical fact and a magical number.
Various soft pastels
Daler Rowney neutral pastel paper.
"The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has a few things to say on the subject of towels.
A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitch hiker can have. Partly it has great practical value — you can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble‐sanded beaches of Santraginus Ⅴ, inhaling the heady sea vapours; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a mini raft down the slow heavy river Moth; wet it for use in hand‐to‐hand‐combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or to avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (a mindbogglingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you — daft as a bush, but very ravenous); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough."
- Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
It is Towel Day today - so I finally can do my Douglas Adams shot.
EDIT: I went back over the picture after I found a nice window to use with it - grounds it way better I think
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Explored - Thursday, May 26th, 2011 - #4
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At my parents farm - about as different a landscape as the one I left in Canada as you could imagine. Flat and empty and nothing as far as the eye can see.
I thought I'd go out and try and get a silhouette photo on the road, but the pup decided to come too, and it all ended up being a game of chase the towel, bite the towel, and hold on to the towel for as long as possible.
For TRP - Towel Day!
Explored! #45
Cada 25 de mayo se celebra el “Día de la Toalla”, un tributo de los fans de Douglas Adams, autor de la serie “Guía del autoestopista galáctico”. ¿Y por qué una toalla, os preguntaréis los que aún estéis pensando en qué me ha dado? Sencillo, porque Adams aseguraba en su obra que todo autoestopista galáctico debe llevar una... ¿Acaso hacen falta más explicaciones? ^_^
"Y lo que es más importante: una toalla tiene un enorme valor psicológico. Por alguna razón, si un estraj (estraj: no autoestopista) descubre que un autoestopista lleva su toalla consigo, automáticamente supondrá que también está en posesión de cepillo de dientes, toallita para lavarse la cara, jabón, lata de galletas, frasca, brújula, mapa, rollo de cordel, rociador contra los mosquitos, ropa de lluvia, traje espacial, etc. Además, el estraj prestará con mucho gusto al autoestopista cualquiera de dichos artículos o una docena más que el autoestopista haya «perdido» por accidente. Lo que el estraj pensará es que cualquier hombre que haga autoestop a todo lo largo y ancho de la galaxia, pasando calamidades, divirtiéndose en los barrios bajos, luchando contra adversidades tremendas, saliendo sano y salvo de todo ello, y sabiendo todavía dónde está su toalla, es sin duda un hombre a tener en cuenta." (Douglas Adams - Guía del autoestopista galáctico)
Por si alguien no lo sabe, hoy también es el día del Orgullo Friki, conmemorando que el 25 de mayo de 1977 se estrenó Star Wars... :)
Gracias por vuestras visitas y comentarios!!
Besucos!!
PD. Cuando hice esta foto, pensé en intentar recrear, de un modo u otro, a la Sibila délfica que pintó Miguel Ángel en la Capilla Sixtina, pero al final pensé que me venía que ni pintada para hoy... ;)
Towel Day. ;D
Uma das minhas passagens preferidas da série e a da cachalote e o vaso de petúnias, hehe.
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Cansei da Terra.. eu e o Marvim pegamos nossas tralhas e toalhas
e fomos caçar uma carona pra borda oriental desta Galáxia!
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Fotografada por: Chão
Idéia por: Mônica Fadul
Modelo(s): Mônica E A TOALHA!
Máquina: Fujifilm FinePix A700
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O Dia da Toalha é celebrado no dia 25 de Maio como uma
homenagem dos fãs ao autor da série O Guia do Mochileiro
das Galáxias, Douglas Adams.
A saga de cinco livros conta a história de Arthur Dent e seus amigos
em aventuras pela galáxia e pelo tempo. Um detalhe importante da
história é a importância da toalha para os "viajantes da galáxia",
a qual seria útil para as mais variadas e inimagináveis situações.
A data é lembrada pelos fãs que carregam uma toalha durante do
dia inteiro com eles. Alguns usam como uma capa, outros como um
turbante, enfim cada um usa a toalha como deseja, desde que esteja
consigo a toalha.
Today is Towel Day.
Towel Day is an annual celebration on the 25th of May, as a tribute to the late author Douglas Adams (1952-2001). On that day, fans around the universe proudly carry a towel in his honour. The commemoration was first held in 2001, two weeks after Adams' death on May 11, 2001.
A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value. You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapors; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a miniraft down the slow heavy River Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (such a mind-boggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough.
(c) Douglas Adams
TRP - Towel day
I love The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It is one of my most favourite books. Douglas Adams was a genuis, I hope he didn't forget to take the towel with him to the eternity ;)
BTW our wedding date is 10.10.10, because this binary translates to decimal as a number 42. How nerdy are we? ;)
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"I wouldn't want to go anywhere without my wonderful towel"
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#DontPanic
Towel Day is May 25
And guess what I heard? It was Benny, and he was shouting, "Spaceship! Spaceship! Spaceship!" And he was carrying his towel into the galaxy, ready to take on whatever problem he would face. May 25 is Towel Day, and you are encouraged to use your towel, too! Read more:
Towel Day celebrates author Douglas Adams and his best-known work, the science-fiction series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The day was first held on May 25, 2001, two weeks after Adams passed away on May 11, at the age of 49 from a heart attack. On the day, fans are to carry a towel to show their appreciation for the author and his books.
On May 14, 2001, Clyde D. Williamson made a post on the open source forum "System Toolbox," proposing that May 25 should be Towel Day. He said:
"Make sure that the towel is conspicous[sic]- use it as a talking point to encourage those who have never read the Hitchhiker's Guide to go pick up a copy. Wrap it around your head, use it as a weapon, soak it in nutrients—whatever you want!"
A few days after the post, Chris Campbell registered towelday.org to spread word about the day. The day then became an annual event.
But what do towels have to do with anything? Chapter 3 of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy talks about the significance of towels:
A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have, partly because it has great practical value. You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapors; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so readily on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a mini-raft down the slow heavy River Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (such a mind-bogglingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you — daft as a brush, but very, very ravenous); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough.
More importantly, a towel has immense psychological value. For some reason, if a strag ( a ‘strag’ is non-hitch hiker) discovers that a hitchhiker has his towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a toothbrush, face flannel, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet weather gear, space suit etc., etc. Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend the hitch hiker any of these or a dozen other items that the hitch hiker might accidentally have "lost." What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with.
Douglas Adams was born March 11, 1952, in Cambridge, England. After graduating from Cambridge in 1974, he wrote for Doctor Who and wrote scripts for the BBC. He wrote the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series, which was a 12-part series that ran from 1978 through 1980 on BBC radio. It was followed by the novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in 1979, and then four other novels: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe; Life, the Universe and Everything; So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish; and Mostly Harmless. The series parodies and lampoons modern society. It follows Englishman Arthur Dent in a world of absurdity and randomness and is filled with humor and cynicism. In total, the books have sold over 14 million copies. The series has been adapted to television, theater, film, comics, and even to a computer game. Douglas Adams also wrote a number of other books such as Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency; The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul; The Meaning of Liff; The Utterly Utterly Merry Comic Relief Christmas Book and Last Chance to See… Today we celebrate him and all of his work, but especially The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and do so by carrying a towel.
How to Observe
The day is best celebrated by carrying a towel in the most conspicuous way possible so that people ask you why you have it. Then you are to tell them about The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and encourage them to pick up a copy of the book. If you haven't read the book yourself, today is an excellent day to get your own copy. You could also pick up the rest of the books in the series. Other media related to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy that you could enjoy include the radio series, the TV series, or the film.
Events taking place around the world on the day are listed on the holiday's website. You could check there for an event to attend or organize your own event. Create a Facebook page or webpage for your event, and send an email to have your event listed on the holiday's website. Some ideas for activities at your event could include a toast to Douglas Adams or the watching of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Visit the day's Facebook page to post pictures from events you attend or pictures of yourself carrying a towel. Other ways you could celebrate the day include joining ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha, which is an appreciation society for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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"A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. [...] What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with."
Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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