#488 Drying your hands on your pants

Neil Pasricha

Swipe your dripping paws on those handy leg towels and let’s get back to business, baby.

AWESOME!

Join us in Calgary or Vancouver this week.

— Email message —

“So…I heard about this blog from a friend and started following it just a few weeks ago! I told my other friend about it, who also knows that I never get things in the mail at college and I check my mail last week only to find The Book of Awesome in a cardboard box in my mail! I’ve been loving it ever since…”

48 thoughts to “#488 Drying your hands on your pants”

  1. No paper towels? No problem. I think you’ve mentioned it before: who has time for hand dryers anyway??

    I love seeing handprints on people’s pants/shirts. You know they’ve just experienced some awesome.

    Getting mail AND getting the Book of Awesome?! Double whammy! In a good way.

  2. That’s why I dig a good pair of jeans. Super absorbent, and super hand-print hiding action.

    My hero.

  5. Finally someone who understands me! I’m always drying my hand on my pants either if the said pants are pale or dark colored. My friends always make fun of me. But now I can tell them that drying your hands on your pants is AWESOME.

  6. I just did this!! Like two minutes ago. I spilled some of my water, so I just wiped my hands on my pants instead of walking down the hall to get a towel.

    Hand dryers don’t really work anyway unless you have ten minutes to spare.

  7. I used to have a professor who liked to say, “Clothes are just a big, wearable napkin.”

    Just be careful – those greasy handprints show really disgustingly under blacklight.

    2. Yeah, are you kidding? This is equally as AWESOME as the very first awesome thing!

      1. You said it.

        Awesome things are about the little things in life that produce the biggest smiles and moments of childhood memories. Pants = towel is no exception.

        1. Wiping your hands on your pants = happy childhood to you? I feel sorry for you..

          My point was just that that it isn’t awesome enough. It gets weird if you start saying ‘AWESOME’ to every single thing you do in life. Seriously.

          1. Well, if the things you commonly do in life include leaving snide comments on positive and upbeat blogs, then I agree – saying “AWESOME” after them probably isn’t appropriate.

            But if you, like most of us, continue to enjoy appreciating the little pick-me-ups in life, then AWESOME is most definitely appropriate.

            1. Sherriff Freddo, mighty nice to see you again in these parts, keeping things orderly.
              Mighty nice. mmm-hmm.

  9. I love this! I’ve always done this.. The reason may sound a little weird, but I HATE the smell of that brown paper towel! And that smell stays on my hands.. yuck

  10. Oh this one was totally unexpected and made me cry a little. When I was litttle, my dad would let me dry my hands on his pants. He passed away when I was 9. Thank you for reminding me of awesome times before he got sick.

  11. First of all; the baby on the picture looks cute!!
    I sometimes do this especially when I am at the kitchen

  13. While using my pants as paper towels is an awesome thing, I think even more awesome is when there is a friend / parent / sibling / special someone and you can use THEIR pants / shirt / whatever as a paper towel :)

    1. I like seeing wet handprints on people’s jeans; I think it’s funny. Tells me that they’re people on the move with no time to fiddle with towels or dryers (or that maybe they washed their hands in a ghetto location that doesn’t supply either).

      It’s funny to see where people go for it: butt, tops of thighs, sides of thighs … this past weekend I was helping my sister move, and one of her friends walked out of the bathroom with two handprints on her belly — they hadn’t unpacked any towels yet :D

  19. Am I the only one who doesn’t like doing this? lol. I usually find it annoying when there’s no other way to dry my hands.

  20. I did this today! I was covered in dirt from gardening and washed my hands with the hose. Talk about a childhood flashback…!

  21. Ni Neil,
    I love your blog, it’s full of awesome happiness !
    I love making people happy too, come and vit my blog “Follow Bella’s Paw Steps to Hapiness” and let me know what you think !
    Love, Bella the Westie.
    http://bellathewestie.blogspot.com/

    (I had a few issues with my PC and had to resubmit, I hope you ‘t get this comment 3 times !)

  23. Baza firm online business directory includes thousands of business contacts of Polish companies to meet the unique needs of both businessmen and customers. You can also find the basic information on thousands of Polish companies. This catalog firm database helps countess residents in Poland, nearby and overseas customers to locate their business needs without more rounds in the streets and corners. The online business directory is filled with the contacts and information of hundreds of new Polish companies each day, which helps the people to pick the exact choice.

    Just clicks for contacts. This is for what Polskie firmy database is designed for. It is easy to get enrolled in the list of companies through this free business directory. What you need is to make some clicks to complete your form. These exclusive business directories provide opportunity to add independent information about your companies. There is not need to sent mail to call to intermediaries to get the exact details of your company. The details are made readily available to the customers and other business providers. It is this unique characteristic which made Baza firm database the favorite online directory to search for Polish companies.

    Poland companies database companies are kept in systematic and scientific manner, which are designed for easy and flexible use. Search is made very easy with flexible search options. No matter, if you do not know the exact location or the name of company you are searching. Just make a simple search like you make in search engines like Google, Yahoo or MSN. Start with the location, starting name of business or nature of business. You can get the detailed listing for what you search in this Katalogi firm database. Spending some seconds will surely get the details of the company you search for.

    With the benefits of the most modern techniques of database management and filtering searchers are designed in several modes to fulfill the needs of businessmen and common people. Panorama firm database is one step solution to find all the online websites at one place. Countless businessmen and customers within Poland and round the globe are using this firm exclusively designed for Polish websites to get their contacts and locations. This Spis firm directory is the perfect business navigator which helps you easy access to the information and contacts to countless new clients.

    In the present world search in the net is the best solution to collect information. But happens the links takes your from tail to tail and leads to search till sweats. Unfortunately, most of the searches take you in this way. Polskich firm online business directory for Polish companies is entirely different from the scene. You can get the details right on your click without the need for opening a new window. Make use of this opportunity provided by this online directory to double your contacts and business. Get enrolled in the business listings now itself to enjoy business calls right from the moment. It is best solution for search, which doubles the contacts and business.

      1. *snickers* my first thought on seeing that post was “freddo’s not gonna like that…” so not awesome, Baza. So not awesome.

        Happy belated birthday to you, Freddo :)

  24. I was already so used to doing this, I had forgotten how handy and awesome these moments are… thanks for reminding ;]

  26. Pingback: Parischa, You Rock! :) « La Vita e' Bella

  27. I am blog newbie, but how lovely and awesome to stumble on this one. Yahooey to recognising life’s little buzz’s. Are contributions allowed? If it’s not one of the 1000, (and speaking from a recent cold sufferer) I love the moment when your nostril clears and you can breathe through both. Ta mucho for the smiles.

  29. The next best thing that comes close to this is wiping your lips on the sleeves. I still giggle when i do that and see my dad watchinh :D

  30. Pockets are great for this. Put your hands in, push outward while squeezing the inner lining and in an instant you’re almost completely dry.

  33. Pingback: 1000 Awesome Things.......... | infoplanetarium.com

Comments are closed.