The first time I tried water skiing, I borrowed my friend's very expensive gloves.

And even though I wiped out big time (I mean, gallons of water swallowed and making a huge wake via my face BIG TIME!), I hung until the boat stopped; mainly because I didn't want to lose those gloves.

Guess what?

My friend laughed his ass off - because his very expensive gloves FLOAT!

In lak'ech, JaiChai