Ah, towels. Evidently they should be hung on the towel rack accross the room from the shower rather than slung over the shower curtain rod where they are so very handy.

On the plus side--they actually empptied the shredder bin and even my ashtray on the back porch.

Oh and pyrimidical piles are de rigeur--books, trivets, whatever should always be stacked largest to smallest and then something perched on top--e.g. a fruit bowl.