Towel day

Have you got your own towel? That's all your going to need on the 25th of May because it's Towel Day! You may not have heard of it, I only learned about it earlier this year but have decided to get actively involved.




What is Towel Day, you may ask yourself? Well, allow me to explain as best I can. Many years ago the late, great Douglas Adams wrote The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. It started as a radio play before going to print, then it became a popular TV series and recently made it onto the silver screen. In essence, the story follows Arthur Dent's misadventures around the galaxy after the Earth is demolished (for reasons that would take too long to explain here).




One of the supporting characters, while being quite unsupportive and insensitive to poor Arthur's plight, is Ford Prefect, a writer for The Guide, and it is he that introduces Arthur to the requirement of the intergalactic Hitchhiker; always carry a towel (again, the reasons are many so you'll have to read it for yourself, something I suggest all free thinking sentient lifeforms do at least once in their lifetimes).




Anyway, at some point somebody or somebodies decided to honour Mr Adams by starting Towel Day and since then many of his fans have carried a towel around with them for one day of the year. If you're a fan of the radio/book/TV series or film then please join me on the 25th of May and carry your towel with pride.

http://www.towelday.org/