h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Warfare:
A towel is the perfect weapon to kill bugs, especially the buzzing kind that flies around at night.. just after you:
1. checked the walls (white with red spots) of your bedroom
2. put on your pyjamas
3. turned of the lights
4. almost fell asleep.

good use with the bugs, but a towel also makes very good camoflage

A towel makes excellent camouflage- Indeed. Recently on a trip to the Scottish Highlands, my overnight bag was all that stood between me and the world, as my luggage inadvertantly got deported at Heathrow Airport. So, facing a strange country with what I had available, I struck out to find a strong drink and a peer group. After a few too many libations, I did something obscenely biological on my pants, rendering them uninhabitable (Scotch vomit is quite rancid). Having absconded to the restroom, I proceeded to dig around in my overnight bag for something useful. I neglected to pack an extra pair of pants in the bag, not forseeing my checked luggage getting into trouble for not having the correct paperwork or visa or whatever, so I sought out some sort of facsimile. Underneath my cigarettes, Garmin GPS, sunglasses, razor, minidisc player and flashlight, I discovered my trusty green beach towel! Aside from the known uses for towels, they also make excellent replacements for airline blankets, and when rolled up also a substitute for those ridiculous horseshoe-shaped neck pillows sometimes seen on aircraft and long bus trips. After a few modifications (drawing a plaid design with a magic marker), I wrapped the towel around my waist and returned to the bar. Noticing a painting on the wall in the lounge, I discovered I had made a rough but almost passible copy of a Black Watch kilt! Now, instead of looking like a tourist who can't hold his liquor, I looked like a Scots military-type who can't hold his liquor. Camouflage... I blended in like a native! If you don't believe this lie, there was a blind gentleman in the bar who saw the whole thing- just ask him.

Thats brillient, I wish a had a towel story like that one.
I'll have to think.

Dorian

Yeah, my best towel story is using it to avoid evil Vogonish bullies from school
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