Towel Day 2022
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I maintain a set of bath towels I use in the shower.
Separately, I have a collection called "floor towels" which are used for sitting upon the floor, various wipe ups, and cleaning. I wash these in separate loads because the floor towels get a heavy bleach and detergent wash as a sanitary practice.
Today is one of those utilitarian observances to which I naturally would not gravitate.
Today is Towel Day, a day to go forth with a towel on your person to celebrate that usefulness towels provide.
Towel Day is celebrated annually each May 25th in tribute to the author Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Not really being a "fan" of Mr Adams nor "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" I really cannot fully appreciate much more than the utility a towel offers and admit to being a profuse user of them in my activities of daily living.
Regardless, I appreciate the day for what it is and the author for who he was.
A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have.
Douglas Adams
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Because of this quote the first Towel Day was celebrated on May 25, 2001, two weeks after the death of Douglas Adams.