DIARY: All you need to know about ... Closet secrets

<p>Everyone's got something really weird lurking at the back of their </p><p>closet. We asked a few leading agency personnel from around the region </p><p>what the strangest thing they had in theirs was, and what it was doing </p><p>there. As ever, the names have been removed to protect the </p><p>not-so-innocent. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Hong Kong: </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Expat hell in the former British colony, as ever: </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>"Unusual to some perhaps, but natural to me: a collection of Sunderland </p><p>Football Club shirts from 1973 to the present day," we were told. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Some people just won't let the past go. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Beijing: </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>An unusually racy answer from our mainland friends: </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>"A 'Devil' G-string which has a red bull in front, complete with horns </p><p>and popping eyes! It's actually a birthday present but I haven't had a </p><p>chance to use it yet." </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>"Use" it? </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Singapore: </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>"I've got a gorilla suit in my closet. I can't remember how it got </p><p>there. Is that unusual?" </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Yes. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Evidenceof a hitherto unheeded party culture in the Lion City, </p><p>perhaps? </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Taipei: </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>A more prosaic answer from our friends in Taiwan: </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>"A tool box, containing hammer, screwdrivers and so on - there's no </p><p>other place to store it in my apartment." </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Kuala Lumpur: </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Duller still from Malaysia: </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>"Those mismatched socks that seem to breed like rabbits," we're </p><p>told. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Is that really the most unusual? </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Manila: </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Dullness reaches its apogee, however, in the Philippines: </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>"For some reason, there's a necktie in my closet." </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>You don't say. </p><p><BR><BR> </p>