"This Arthur Dent," comes the cry from the furthest reaches of the galaxy, and has even now been found inscribed on a mysterious deep space probe thought to originate from an alien galaxy at a distance too hideous to contemplate, "what is he, man or mouse? Is he interested in nothing more than tea and the wider issues of life? Has he no spirit? has he no passion? Does he not, to put it in a nutshell, fuck?"
“Mark Knopfler has an extraordinary ability to make a Schecter Custom Stratocaster hoot and sing like angels on a Saturday night, exhausted from being good all week and needing a stiff drink.” - Douglas Adams
The more I learn the guitar the more magical his playing becomes, not less, as maybe one might think, as I pick apart his technique.
Hence a phrase that has passed into hitchhiking slang, as in "Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is." (Sass: know, be aware of, meet, have sex with; hoopy: really together guy; frood: really amazingly together guy.)
He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.
👣 23.–25. Mai 2026. Don't panic: Towel Day Festival 2026
Am #TowelDay Wochenende organisieren wir eine Reihe von Special Events zum 25. Todestag von #DouglasAdams: Welche seiner Weissagungen sind (schon fast) eingetreten? Wovor müssen wir uns in acht nehmen? Wie beherzigen wir sein Don't Panic?
Weitere Informationen gibt es auf
https://leipziger-wissensspuren.de/de/events/2026-05-25_adams/
🌌 Stadtbibliothek goes Planetarium
Zum Gedenken an Douglas Adams wird jedes Jahr am 25. Mai der Towel Day gefeiert – passend dazu haben wir uns etwas ganz Besonderes ausgedacht. 🚀
Götz Schneyder liest im Planetarium aus der Kultreihe Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis und erklärt, warum das Handtuch das wichtigste Utensil für jede Reise durchs Universum ist. Der Eintritt ist frei!
Kommt vorbei und bringt euer Handtuch mit!
#PlanetariumStuttgart #TowelDay #DouglasAdams #Lesung #ScienceFiction
Oooh I just remembered next Monday is Towel Day! 
#DouglasAdams #TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy #HHGTTG #TowelDay
Outolan biisilista 21.05.2026
https://outo.la/outolan-biisilista-21-05-2026/
Pyyhepäivä-aiheisen ohjelman vieraina Johanna Junnila ja Uuno Tapper Turun yliopiston tieteiskulttuurikabinetti Tutka ry:stä.
Tänään kello 22 Helsingin Lähiradiossa sekä Mixcloudissa: https://mixcloud.com/outola
Uusinta lauantaina kello 22.
#radio #outola #turku #helsinki #musiikki #pyyhepäivä #towelday #hhgttg #scifi #douglasadams
At the center of an uncertain and possibly illusionary universe there would always be tea.
Science Fiction Club Deutschland e.V.
Hitchhiker's Guide Quote Bot
Alexander Dyas
Leipziger WissensSpuren
Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart
Willa 
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