Last Call: How Many Towels Do You Have?

hello fellow adults. my gf and i have a question... what is the correct amount of towels to own? i said 10 and she looked at me like i was crazy. we have zero frame of reference on the appropriate amount of towels in a household of two.

— abdul 🌌📷 (@Advil) February 17, 2019

If you went away from Twitter for a few hours over the weekend and then returned (haha, like that would ever happen), you may have been surprised to find that your feed had been entirely taken over by discussions about towels. Abdul Dremali, co-host of the Unreasonable Podcast, posted the seemingly totally reasonable question above: "What is the correct amount of towels to own?"

The answers soon spread widely all across Twitter. Some leaned toward the voluminous side, sparking new questions about storage and what exactly constitutes a "bath sheet."

As a couple you should own a minimum of the following

10 Bath Sheets
10 Bath Towels
10 Hand Towels
20 Wash Cloths

Preferably more https://t.co/CWqd8kp5vJ

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) February 18, 2019

Other answers seemed to rest solely on whether or not you have dogs or not, which will necessitate more towels.

Every couple should own at least...

- 2 dogs
- many towels for drying dogs off after rainy walks, rolls in mud, etc.
- 1 dog-free couch
- 1 couch that was meant to be dog-free
- it will be the same couch
- 1 dog bed per dog that they will mostly ignore
- 0 human clothes per dog

— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) February 18, 2019

Even famous people chimed in.

I already know my own towel collection is a hot mess, with many towels ready to be exiled to dog territory. And I don't even have a dog. I also have a lot of swag towels from press tours: Hallmark puts out some really nice ones. Basically, I learned that I really need to Marie Kondo my linen closet, stat. And I need more hand towels. [Gwen Ihnat]

Some movies or TV shows are better the less you know about them. (Netflix's wonderful Russian Doll, for one.) But others could use a disclaimer, a bit of warning that they are about to mess with your head and possibly turn you in a psychological mess for the remainder of your day. Exhibit A for me: Netflix's Abducted In Plain Sight, a documentary about an Idaho girl kidnapped by a family friend. I like true crime, but this 90-minute documentary got inside my head in a disturbing, persistent way. I'm not discouraging you from watching it, I just want you to know how troubling it is before you do so. PS: My household of two people owns 10 towels and two bath sheets. [Kate Bernot]