Ferris Bueller’s dad definitely had the right idea…”take a bath and then wrap a hot towel around your head.”

What could be simpler or more comforting than a hot towel? I think the world would be a much happier and calmer place if everyone just was given a hot towel at certain points of the day. Is your life going down the toilet? Bills overdue? A fight with your spouse? Your kids are driving you to drink? Your woes could momentarily be solved if someone just handed you a hot towel. Miraculously all would be better…

You walk into a Chinese restaurant or sushi bar. The waiter approaches, and before anything is said, he offers you a hot towel. You watch it being removed from the plastic bag all steamy or its handed to you with tongs from a little wicker basket…you take it, shake it out and start to rub it over your hands, face, and neck, Ahhh…life is sweet! You immediately feel soothed and ready to eat a mountain of food.

Ever have a horrible manicure, pedicure or massage? When it’s all over, a hot towel is placed on your hands, feet or back. All good reasoning flies out of your head, a contented sigh escapes you, and your brain can only form one thought: “this is niiiice.” Forgetting that you were just maimed by cuticle scissors or your spine is now misaligned, you reach into your wallet and fish out a generous tip.

Getting out of the shower on a cold winter’s morning, you reach for something to dry off with. Your hand makes contact with a fluffy piece of fabric. It has been sitting on the radiator overnight. It’s warm and cushy. You wrap yourself in it like a cocoon and all you want to do is lay on the bathroom floor in the fetal position and go back to sleep.

Any piece of cloth will do. I don’t care if the thing is ratty and torn…you can transform a rag into something wonderful. Just place the offending item under running water and pop it in the microwave for a minute…the result is nothing short of heaven.

If only hot towels were available at all meetings of congress, in the war room, or even in underground caves where plots of world destruction were being hatched. Perhaps global mistakes and general hatred could be averted?

Yes, I do believe I’m on to something here.