Editing Towel of Temptation

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[[File:Bamber-towel03.jpg|thumb|Jamie Bamber with his owner, the Towel of Tempation.]]
The '''Towel of Temptation''' is an undersized drying cloth utilized by [[Lee Adama]] that leads many astray, including [[D'anna Biers]]. Like D'anna, there are many copies, and they might have [[The Plan (dogma)|a plan]].  

== Overview ==

The Towel of Temptation is first beheld by civilians [[D'anna Biers]] and [[Bell]], after they follow [[Louanne Katraine]] and [[Brendan Costanza]] to the senior pilot's quarters aboard ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]''. There, they see pilots, including [[Lee Adama]], drying off after showers. ([[Flight suits]] are part of the [[Colonial Fleet]]'s ''de facto'' water weight loss program, thus necessitating numerous showers, assuming sufficient [[Water tank|water supplies]] are available.) As Adama runs cover for his pilots, the CAG finds that his cover itself slips, to D'anna's delight {{TRS|Final Cut}}.

The Towel ranks up when Adama assumes command of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', appearing again as Adama takes a phone call when remnants of [[The Fleet (TRS)|the Fleet]] begin planning the [[Second Exodus]] from [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]]-occupied [[New Caprica]] {{TRS|Occupation}}.

==Notes==

* “A towel, [''[[W:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''] says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value. You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapors; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a miniraft down the slow heavy River Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (such a mind-boggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough.”

=== The Towelman's Creed ===
<blockquote>This is my towel. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

My towel is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.

Without me, my towel is useless. Without my towel, I am useless. I must dry my towel true. I must dry off straighter than my enemy who is trying to dampen me. I must dry him before he dampens me. I will ...

My towel and I know that what counts in war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, nor the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will dry ...

My towel is human, even as I [am human], because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its threads and its weaves. I will keep my towel clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will ...

Before the Gods, I swear this creed. My towel and I are the defenders of my colony. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life.

So be it, until victory is the Twelve Colonies' and there is no enemy, but peace!</blockquote>

== Behind the scenes ==

* Following the Towel's first appearance in "[[Final Cut]]," the Towel of Temptation appears in a photo shoot of Lee Adama actor [[Jamie Bamber]] circa 2006<ref>{{Cite news|title=People - Celebrity - The Internet's Sexiest Guys|url=https://people.com/celebrity/the-internets-sexiest-guys/|author=People Staff|date=14 November 2006|accessdate=28 January 2024}}</ref>. During the [[W:2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike|2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike]], Bamber offered three worn Towels of Temptation to those who supported the strike via the Pencils 2 Media Moguls fan campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rondmoore.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2007/11/30_Towel_for_you.html|title=RonDMoore.com: Towel for you?|author=Moore, Ronald D.|accessdate=28 January 2024|date=30 November 2007}}</ref> Of note, [[Universal Studios|Universal]] turned away a half-million of these Mogul-bound pencils by summoning class warfare specialists colloquially compared to swine.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Universal Calls Cops On Pencil Pushers|first=Nikki|last=Finke|url=https://deadline.com/2007/12/hold-4376/|date=13 December 2007|accessdate=28 January 2024}}</ref>

== Gallery ==

==See also==

* [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar's]] [[Sexy Treason Stubble]]
* [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol's]] [[Beard of Organized Labor]]
* [[Saul Tigh|Tigh's]] [[Guerilla Booze-Catcher]]
* [[William Adama|Adama's]] [[Adama Glare|Glare]]
* [[William Adama|William Adama's]] [[Adamastache]] 

==References==
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