![]() Many were increasingly of the opinion that they’d all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. “…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 mindboggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can’t see it, it can’t see you – daft as a bush, 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.”Ģ. ![]() In his best-known work, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, there’s also one of the most-known Douglas Adams quotes, wherein he explained the supreme utility of the towel in intergalactic travel: ![]() Today is Towel Day, an annual commemoration of the life and work of Douglas Adams, which we’re celebrating with the best Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy quotes. ![]()
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