On 30/04/2012 11:19 AM, Invisible wrote:
> Pop quiz: You're 86 miles from home, you're in the shower in a public
> changing room, when you suddenly remember that YOU DO NOT HAVE A TOWEL.
> What do you do? O_O

How can you go into the showers without getting your soap/shampoo and 
towel out of your bag first?

That being the case you should have run about screaming "A spider! A 
spider" until you were dry.

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     Stephen

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On 30/04/2012 12:10 PM, Stephen wrote:
> On 30/04/2012 11:19 AM, Invisible wrote:
>> Pop quiz: You're 86 miles from home, you're in the shower in a public
>> changing room, when you suddenly remember that YOU DO NOT HAVE A TOWEL.
>> What do you do? O_O
>
> How can you go into the showers without getting your soap/shampoo and
> towel out of your bag first?

I only ever shower inside my own house. Which, obviously, means a 
limitless supply of towels.

This is the first time in 25 years that I've had a shower in a public place.

> That being the case you should have run about screaming "A spider! A
> spider" until you were dry.

As if I wasn't /already/ getting enough strange looks...

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On 30/04/2012 12:18 PM, Invisible wrote:
> I only ever shower inside my own house. Which, obviously, means a
> limitless supply of towels.
>

What about last year? Did you drive home without showering? Euch!

> This is the first time in 25 years that I've had a shower in a public
> place.
>
>> That being the case you should have run about screaming "A spider! A
>> spider" until you were dry.
>
> As if I wasn't /already/ getting enough strange looks...

So people will think that you are a wimp instead of a fool and you will 
be dry.

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     Stephen

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>> I only ever shower inside my own house. Which, obviously, means a
>> limitless supply of towels.
>
> What about last year? Did you drive home without showering? Euch!

If you mean the ski trip, no. I had a shower in the privacy of our hotel 
room. And that /also/ had a limitless supply of towels.

>>> That being the case you should have run about screaming "A spider! A
>>> spider" until you were dry.
>>
>> As if I wasn't /already/ getting enough strange looks...
>
> So people will think that you are a wimp instead of a fool and you will
> be dry.

They'll think I'm schizophrenic when they figure out that there isn't a 
spider. :-P

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On 30/04/2012 12:35 PM, Invisible wrote:
>> What about last year? Did you drive home without showering? Euch!
>
> If you mean the ski trip, no. I had a shower in the privacy of our hotel
> room. And that /also/ had a limitless supply of towels.
>

No, when you went to the dancing competition, last year. (And I noticed 
"our hotel room". ;-)

>
> They'll think I'm schizophrenic when they figure out that there isn't a
> spider. :-P

You will be long gone by then. Or in the confusion you could "borrow" 
someone else's towel.

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     Stephen

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>>> What about last year? Did you drive home without showering? Euch!
>>
>> If you mean the ski trip, no. I had a shower in the privacy of our hotel
>> room. And that /also/ had a limitless supply of towels.
>
> No, when you went to the dancing competition, last year.

Oh, right. In that case, no.

> (And I noticed "our hotel room". ;-)

It's no secret that I was on a ski trip with several other people. It's 
not like I can afford to go by myself. Plus I don't speak French. 
(Unless you count knowing what "voulez-vous danser avec moi ce soir?" 
means as "speaking French". :-P )

>> They'll think I'm schizophrenic when they figure out that there isn't a
>> spider. :-P
>
> You will be long gone by then. Or in the confusion you could "borrow"
> someone else's towel.

Yeah, right. :-P

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On 30/04/2012 1:00 PM, Invisible wrote:
>
> It's no secret that I was on a ski trip with several other people. It's
> not like I can afford to go by myself. Plus I don't speak French.
> (Unless you count knowing what "voulez-vous danser avec moi ce soir?"
> means as "speaking French". :-P )
>

You're English and as everyone knows. The way to speak French is to 
speak English but LOUD. ;-)

>>> They'll think I'm schizophrenic when they figure out that there isn't a
>>> spider. :-P
>>
>> You will be long gone by then. Or in the confusion you could "borrow"
>> someone else's towel.
>
> Yeah, right. :-P

Well it was a thought.
Personally I would have skimmed the water off with my hands then used my 
dancing clothes to finish off. Unless you were wearing sequins.

So what did you do?

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     Stephen

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> You're English and as everyone knows. The way to speak French is to
> speak English but LOUD. ;-)

That would be funny if it wasn't true...

If my AI lecturer was anything to go by, if you're from Estonia and your 
students don't understand what "nabl" is, the thing to do is repeat the 
same sentence you just said, but louder. >_<

> Personally I would have skimmed the water off with my hands then used my
> dancing clothes to finish off. Unless you were wearing sequins.

No sequins yet, just Spandex(tm). ;-)

> So what did you do?

Cover my entire body in toilet paper. (This takes a surprisingly long 
time, by the way.) That and limbo dance under the hand drier...

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On 30/04/2012 1:27 PM, Invisible wrote:
>> You're English and as everyone knows. The way to speak French is to
>> speak English but LOUD. ;-)
>
> That would be funny if it wasn't true...
>
> If my AI lecturer was anything to go by, if you're from Estonia and your
> students don't understand what "nabl" is, the thing to do is repeat the
> same sentence you just said, but louder. >_<
>
The same the whole world over. :-)

>> Personally I would have skimmed the water off with my hands then used my
>> dancing clothes to finish off. Unless you were wearing sequins.
>
> No sequins yet, just Spandex(tm). ;-)
>

The mind boggles.

>> So what did you do?
>
> Cover my entire body in toilet paper. (This takes a surprisingly long
> time, by the way.) That and limbo dance under the hand drier...

And that did not attract attention?

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     Stephen

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>> No sequins yet, just Spandex(tm). ;-)
>
> The mind boggles.

I bought a red shirt. I thought it was cotton, but it isn't. It's 97% 
cotton, and 3% spandex. ;-)

>>> So what did you do?
>>
>> Cover my entire body in toilet paper. (This takes a surprisingly long
>> time, by the way.) That and limbo dance under the hand drier...
>
> And that did not attract attention?

No. The walls prevent that.

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