Many people shun them because they reek of the old-fashioned schoolroom -- chalk and grammatical pedantry and schoolmasters in tweed jackets with inadequate personal hygiene.
This included clothing, games, various items for spiritual or recreation use, or objects related to mundane everyday tasks such as personal hygiene, fishing and sewing.
During his teens, he began to obsess over his personal hygiene and began doing things such as operating doorknobs and light-switches with a handkerchief.
