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RECENTLY watched the 127th repeat of the movie Jerry Maguire. My favourite scene is when the character played by Tom Cruise is talking to a nude Cuba Gooding jnr in a locker room. Cruise keeps beseeching him to at least drape a towel around his waist because the raging homophobes otherwise known as heterosexual males are extremely uncomfortable with other males’ nudity. Cuba dismisses him with a wave of his hand: “Nah. I air dry.”

Until I first watched that scene some 20-odd years ago I thought there was something wrong with me. You see, I have never really understood the purpose of a towel. After wiping myself down with a wet cloth I, too, prefer to air dry. Too much info?

Anyway, my point is that all of us have those really popular everyday items that we never use. Take the good ole-fashioned belt. Everyone needs one, right? Ding! Sorry.