Rice is nice — or, so I’ve learned — for those who’ve accidentally dropped their iPhones in the toilet or were unaware it went through a full wash cycle when doing household laundry. Plunging the device in a bag of uncooked rice for a period of time is recommended because it absorbs the water and may reverse the damage incurred by its inadvertent liquid plunge. Mind you…tech Luddite that I am, I’m the last person on the face of the earth who should be doling out advice about iPhones. But, I have it on good authority that this is such an accepted Rx, even some electronics retailers keep rice on hand for emergencies. Also heard that several savvy nail salons keep rice supplies for their clients whose phones slip from their manicured hands into the pedi tubs. Oops.