The rope keeps the soap from slipping out of your hands or dissolving away in a watery soap dish. Plus, it's often attached to a soap that's basically decor. Here are some of the best. Courtesy of 10 ...

SOAP. On a rope, in a bar, in a jar, it’s one of those everyday inventions we take for granted. And it is an invention. Unlike salt, it doesn’t occur naturally or, like cinnamon, grow on trees.

There was a time when soap-on-a-rope was a semi-respectable gift for dad when the other Father’s Day ideas fizzled – after all, there are only so many occasions we can present Pop with a tie ...