Who knows where his/her wrap is? A wrap is an even more versatile item than a towel for an intergalactic hitchiker or your ordinary, garden variety parent. Here’s why:

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 wrap in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough.

 

All that and you can carry a baby in it.

Thanks, Douglas Adams! And thanks to Jen, who looked all of that up and posted it for our delectation over on the forums!

What have you used your wrap or other baby carrier for that isn’t standard kid-carrying? What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever used a baby carrier for? Leave a comment and let us know!

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