Towel Day

Thanks to Snoopy for reminding me that today is Towel Day, the anniversary of the death of Douglas Adams. This of course gives me an excuse to post various Douglas Adams related youtube videos!

The first is a favourite of mine and comes from a series starring Stephen Fry, where he and a companion retrace the journeys Adams made to write Last Chance to See



Luckily Douglas did not get rogered by a Kakapo in his original  journey. Still this clip must go down in tv history!

Diddling Kakapo joins New Zealand Government

The television highlight of 2009 was certainly a sequence in Last Chance to See in which a Kakapo mated with the neck of Zoologist and tv presenter Mark Carwardine.
Since tv loves a repeat so does the Poor Mouth... enjoy!



Now it seems that no good deed goes unrewarded: New Zealand’s prime minister has given the hero of the footage a job in his government.

Sirocco, for that is the bird’s name, has been appointed by John Key as the world’s first “spokesbird for conservation”. Mr Key claimed that the notorious and rare bird will be the ideal ambassador for conservation.

“He’s very media-savvy, he’s got a worldwide fan base – they hang on every squawk that comes out of his beak. He’ll be a great official spokesbird for New Zealand,” he said.“Sirocco can speak very loudly on this topic and by the end of this campaign people will be a lot more aware of what’s going on.”

Well there you have it. Humping a tv presenter on television can have its benefits. I daresay it would lead the rest of us to time at Her Majesty’s pleasure though!