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Wrapping a towel around your waist properly can mean the difference between confidence in the locker room and an embarrassing situation. A successful technique will be shown to ensure the towel stays around your waist.
Steps
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Hold the towel length-ways behind your back with adjacent corners in each hand.
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Wrap the towel around yourself with the right hand side overlapping the left, or vice versa.Advertisement
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Use both hands to hold the overlapping corner against the overlapped edge.
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Roll down the top edge over the corner.
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Continue rolling the entire top edge all the way around your waist. Voila. It will now stay securely on your waist.
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QuestionIs it the same for a blanket?Community AnswerYes, but you have to tuck in a hand sized part of the corner of the blanket. If this doesn't hold then just keep adding more tucked blanket until it holds and you are satisfied.
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QuestionDoes this still apply if I want to wrap it around my chest area?Community AnswerYes, this method will absolutely still work. You might want to use a longer towel, just to make sure the lower half of you is still covered.
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Tips
- Fold the edge down for a more aesthetically pleasing look.Thanks
- Roll the edge IN instead of out to hide your method.Thanks
- For an expert demonstration, see Harrison Ford's shower scene in "Frantic" (1988)Thanks
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Warnings
- Folding may not result in as good of a hold as rolling.Thanks
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