International Towel Day

[wingnut the improbable]

Happy Towel Day, everyone! xd (is clutching towel as we speak).

I managed to shove mine in my binder so my Evil Geography Teacher wouldn't notice it.  

[Xiuni Oontz]

I didn't even get to leave the house today! sweatdrop  

[Le Phanta Muffin-san]

Yay for Wingnut, sad for Shadows.

I got into a debate with my Animation Teacher about whether his towel or mine was better. His had sea horses, but mine had Jack Skellington. Mine was also from Hot Topic, though. It ended with him calling me a Corporate Whore and me agreeing, ashamed.  

[Lupe_Oceana]

Ironically, I discovered this guild and learned about the holiday on the 25th... and it was fairly late by then... so, with perhaps three hours of daylight left, I threw my towel around my shoulders and proceded to make up for lost time by marching around the yard like a mad person. Nobody noticed though, except my brother, who already knows I'm nuts, and my mom, who tried to get me to take it off.

Mom: What are you doing?
Me: It's International Towel Day!
Mom: Take it off, you look stupid.
Me: No, I look cool and froody.
Mom: Wha?
Me: Hey, if the Star Wars fans can wait in line with plastic lightsabers, I can walk around wearing my towel!  

[Tinnumir]

Lupe_Oceana

Hey, if the Star Wars fans can wait in line with plastic lightsabers, I can walk around wearing my towel!

Amen to that!!  

[wingnut the improbable]

I was the only person at my school who was aware it was Towel Day, though. Not even my H2G2-obcessed friend (who came to the movie with me with a bathrobe, a shirt that said 'I could never get the hang of Thursdays"), his towel, and a "largish pocket calculator") knew. More than one person asked why I was holding a towel. I replied, "Why not? Happy Towel Day!" and walked off as they looked at me like I was crazy sweatdrop  

[Daska]

I had to sneak my towel out of the house in my purse to avoid questions from my mom. When I got to school I mostly carried it around in my purse, but toke it out sometimes and wore it around my neck.  

[Fuzzykit]

Lupe_Oceana

Ironically, I discovered this guild and learned about the holiday on the 25th... and it was fairly late by then... so, with perhaps three hours of daylight left, I threw my towel around my shoulders and proceded to make up for lost time by marching around the yard like a mad person. Nobody noticed though, except my brother, who already knows I'm nuts, and my mom, who tried to get me to take it off.

Mom: What are you doing?
Me: It's International Towel Day!
Mom: Take it off, you look stupid.
Me: No, I look cool and froody.
Mom: Wha?
Me: Hey, if the Star Wars fans can wait in line with plastic lightsabers, I can walk around wearing my towel!

xd I like your logic very much. ^_~

I started wearing the oversized towel, but it was a hot day, so I switched to a smaller one and wore it on my head. ^^  

[eccentrica]

Lupe_Oceana

Me: Hey, if the Star Wars fans can wait in line with plastic lightsabers, I can walk around wearing my towel!

Hear, hear.

So, it's May 25th now... last few years I tried to participate in Towel Day no one knew what day it was supposed to BE. Douglas Adams' birthday? deathday? The 42nd day of the year? 3rd thursday past the spring equinox? (joke on that last one, but you get the point)  

[Tinnumir]

eccentrica

So, it's May 25th now... last few years I tried to participate in Towel Day no one knew what day it was supposed to BE. Douglas Adams' birthday? deathday? The 42nd day of the year? 3rd thursday past the spring equinox? (joke on that last one, but you get the point)

towel day site

Towel Day was intended to be a wake. A way of showing respect for the passing of this most hoopy frood. It was first slated for one week after his death, but that didn't give us nearly enough time to get the word out. So we moved it to two weeks after his death. This question also appears in the form, "But, why not 42 days after his death?" Again, it's all about timing, 42 days is a long time in the history of the Universe, so we were concerned that the enthusiasm would vaporize like a planet in the path of a Vogon Constructor Fleet. Some people still won't just give up, and ask "But, why not on Thursday, since that's when the trilogy begins? Well, we didn't think about that until the idea had already exploded across the Internet. I could never get the hang of Thursdays, anyway. If you have any other questions about why Towel Day is on May 25, instead of (insert date here), feel free to consult your Guide.