# List Your Refrigerator Magnets Here **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 6, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-refrigerator-magnets-here/166912 "2003-04-06T20:22:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-refrigerator-magnets-here/166912/1 "2003-04-06T20:22:34Z")
INSTRUCTIONS: Peel off all of your refrigerator magnets and dump them in a large bowl. Bring them over to your computer and make a list to post. * * * My favorite is a genuine Nick Park miniature doghouse with one thoroughly dissatisfied and scowling Gromit peering out of same. He’s wearing earmuffs that depict a scene from “The Wrong Trousers.” It’s where he’s (unsuccessfully) attempting to escape the schmaltzy music being played by the villainous penguin. A red heart shaped, Red Cross issued “Give Blood for Life” memento from donating after 9/11. A local government and municipal services phone number chart given to me by my district’s city councilman while I was waiting in line to drop off part of a two ton scrap iron and debris load from my backyard. A garbage and recycling pickup schedule sent by the city. Four different spring clips that hold: 1. Shopping list and pen 2. Food coupons 3. More food coupons 4. Coupon for free Friskies cat food after ten purchases ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-refrigerator-magnets-here/166912/2 "2003-04-06T20:34:58Z")
Volante Pizza The Lily…Hairdressing Salon Bakers Delight Melb. Uni Library Melb. Uni Student Admin Papa Giuseppe’s Pizza and Pasta Ridgeway Takeaway Batman Medical Centre (x3) Video Works Golden Star Chicken and Seafood St. Georges Fish and Chips Number 96 Takeaway. Strzelecki Medical Centre And of course, our infamous ‘Be Alert, Not Alarmed’ Ant-Terrorist fridge magnet provided courtesy of John W. Howard. It’s the most boring one of all, and the magnet sucks. ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-refrigerator-magnets-here/166912/3 "2003-04-06T20:37:37Z")
A complete Magnetic Poetry set (and if you think I’m peeling them all off, you’re crazy). A picture of my parents. Adelphia Cable my veterinarian A happy duck. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-refrigerator-magnets-here/166912/4 "2003-04-06T20:43:14Z")
Three ceramic stars, one red, one blue, one yellow. These just seem to float from place to place on the fridge, never really being pressed into service. One ladybug. Ditto. Two stainless steel “knobs” that could probably each lift a car, and are nearly impossible to peel off the fridge. The only way I can pry them loose is to make sure that under each is a good 1/8 thickness of paper. One holds report cards and progress reports for the entire school year, the other has medical bills under it. Three reproductions of vintage advertising: Cracker Jack, Dutch Maid Scouring Powder and “Pepsi 5 cents.” They don’t do anything either, but they sorta match the decor of my kitchen, which is a hodge-podge of vintage general store combined with 50s ice cream parlor. Two flat flexible calendars from school (one from last year… I oughta go through these more often). Also, one calendar _cum_ notepad thingie from my Realtor, also from last year. Two radio station flat flexible magnets that hold recipes on the “non-public” side of the fridge (the side that is almost blocked by the pantry.) Two black plastic spring clip things that hold coupons and miscellaneous things - sometimes a dishtowel. A cardinal made out of a clothespin and some Fun Foam and googly eyes that my daughter made in third grade. It’s supposed to hold papers, but the magnet is so weak that anything heavier than a single coupon causes it to slide UNDER the fridge, so mostly it just sits there, barely clinging. A puzzle magnet from [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com). The outside of this one double as a picture frame and is currently hosting a photo of my daughter, her friend and me at the zoo. The inside is an animal jigsaw that has pieces scattered all over the non-public side of the fridge and one piece on top of the fridge because that irritates my daughter 🙂 A polymer clay thingie that a friend bought me. It says “Friends are flowers in the garden of life” and it’s a TERRIBLE example of quality polymer clay work, but a nice thought just the same. That was kinda fun! I should do this more often. ---
**Author:** ![slice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@slice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slice)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-refrigerator-magnets-here/166912/5 "2003-04-06T21:30:20Z")
15 out of the original 26 alphabet magnets (the cats have dragged the others down and hidden them) 2 magnets from colleges that neither of us attend anymore 3 vintage working girl magnets. They say “she kind of enjoyed working for an idiot,” “she had her own special nickname for him,” and “she was comforted in the knowledge that they were helpless without her” 3 large magnetic reproductions of impressionist paintings 1 Mister Yuck magnet 4 magnets that came in a set that I got for my birthday. There’s a director, a beauty queen, a superhero and a woman in a kimono ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-refrigerator-magnets-here/166912/6 "2003-04-06T22:16:01Z")
From my own magnetic poetry on the frig: get naked then take hot shower stick wild hair up ass put on bra and zip up pants suck in belly ---
**Author:** ![grettle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@grettle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grettle)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-refrigerator-magnets-here/166912/7 "2003-04-07T00:06:37Z")
magnetic poetry, 2 sets (original and ‘trendy,’ i think) a set of picasso paintings, and one for Matisse, from when I went to the MoMAQNS exhibit a few weeks ago. a quote: “The more you know, the less you understand.” -Tao Te Ching ---
**Author:** ![GrinnaGirla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@GrinnaGirla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrinnaGirla)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-refrigerator-magnets-here/166912/8 "2003-04-07T00:28:45Z")
hmmm. Well, I have 11 various happyface magnets. (go figure) 1 Pizzahut magnet 1 photomagnet of my nephew 2 photomagnets from my trip to Switzerland 1 with the Lorax (from Dr. Seuss book of the same name) 1 from a friend that says “Good food and good friends are the core of Life” Last but not least, one from the grocery store where I used to work. It’s an ad for pears that says, “Ripe when yields to gentle pressure.” I have kept it around because I like the sentiment…😉 My friend’s hubby works in a pharmacy, and he is collecting prescription drug magnets. Viagra, Prozac, Paxil. I can’t wait for those. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-refrigerator-magnets-here/166912/9 "2003-04-07T00:52:31Z")
–A picture of a baby hippo. –Four “Peanuts” characters (Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Lucy, and Woodstock). –A little cameo-shaped magnet intended to hold a wallet-sized photo of someone. As of now, there’s no one in there. I need to do something about that, actually. –Several nondescript colored bars (red, white, blue) –Five little flowers about the size of a quarter, from my grandmother’s refrigerator. They’re made of some kind of enamelled plastic. –Two bar magnets from a Junior Electrician’s kit of days gone by. –Two little round magnets from the inside of a telephone. –A slightly larger round magnet, source unknown. –A blocky magnet I cribbed out of a disused piece of medical equipment. Dunno what it’s made out of, but it’s a permanent feature of the fridge door now. It’s so strong, any attempt to budge it just scratches the enamel up. I could probably wrench it off with pliers, but then again maybe not. So I can’t complete the instructions in the OP, and even if I could I wouldn’t get that thing within ten yards of my computer. Hey, this thread wasn’t some sort of arcane practical joke, was it? “Put all your refrigerator magnets in a bowl and bring them to the computer. If you get tired of counting them, set the bowl up on the hard drive and go make yourself a sandwich.” Pure evil! ---
**Author:** ![Sqube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@Sqube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sqube)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-refrigerator-magnets-here/166912/10 "2003-04-07T01:03:46Z")
Yeesh. My mom has something like 500 magnets. There’s all kinds of things. Therefore, I clearly can’t think of anything besides the magnet with the Pizza Hut phone number on it. ---
**Author:** ![snac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@snac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snac)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-refrigerator-magnets-here/166912/11 "2003-04-07T01:12:13Z")
Two Wild Things. Mary Engelbreit, “Every Pot Has Its Lid.” Three old schedules from our local minor league baseball team, plus one 2000 one from the Cincinnati Reds (we live nowhere near Cincinnati). Two from local takeout place Planet Wings. A magnetized drawing of a vampire I made some years back…don’t remember why. Ads for a massage therapist I saw once, a drugstore we use routinely, and a lawn guy we used to use before we moved. And a magnetized picture of mrs. snac and the snacbabies back before they became the snacteens. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-refrigerator-magnets-here/166912/12 "2003-04-07T01:12:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GrinnaGirla \* > … “Good food and good friends are the core of Life” … I like you, **GrinnaGirl**. Please post more often. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Terrifel \* > … Hey, this thread wasn’t some sort of arcane practical joke, was it? “Put all your refrigerator magnets in a bowl and bring them to the computer. If you get tired of counting them, set the bowl up on the hard drive and go make yourself a sandwich.” Pure evil! Mwuhahahahahahah! What? … Oh drat, somebody has stumbled upon my dastardly plot. [Montgomery Burns] Release the hounds. [/Montgomery Burns] ---
**Author:** ![snac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@snac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snac)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-refrigerator-magnets-here/166912/13 "2003-04-07T01:13:47Z")
Oh, and two sets of magnetized poetry, one in English, the other auf Deutsch. And an old ad for overalls that “fit like a pig’s nose.” (Just discovered it under the doctor appt reminder.) ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-refrigerator-magnets-here/166912/14 "2003-04-07T01:19:46Z")
-A magnetic poetry set -4 ceramic-y type dragons (one with no head, due to multiple falls to the floor…poor decapitated dragon ☹ ) -One calendar magnet from my bank -One ceramic-y type Australian flag -One picture frame with no picture -One magnetic whiteboard -One woodcut with a drawing of a wolf ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-refrigerator-magnets-here/166912/15 "2003-04-07T01:27:19Z")
I just have 5 : 1 : A school picture magnet of my son Liam 2 : One from Mystic Seaport 3 : One from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 4 : “Sarcasm is just one more free service we offer!” 5 : “Some people never go crazy. What horrible lives they must lead.” - Charles Bukowski ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-refrigerator-magnets-here/166912/16 "2003-04-07T02:34:04Z")
1. Curious George huffing ether 2. Miniature Christmas wreath 3. Tarpon fish magnet 4. 3-D Aunt Jemima 5. Those Darn Accordians tile 6. Portrait of me drawn by best friend’s son 7. Butterfly thermometer 8. Baltimore Orioles schedule from 1992 9. Lawyer’s business card 10. Magnetic postcard of Maine ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-refrigerator-magnets-here/166912/17 "2003-04-07T02:39:23Z")
Only three. 1. A magnet that looks like a tiny box of Dunkin’ Donuts. 2. A Three Stooges magnet. 3. A picture magnet of me and my dog Abby. (Sad note: the picture was the last one taken of her–just two days before she died. ☹ ) ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-refrigerator-magnets-here/166912/18 "2003-04-07T03:19:15Z")
Several very mudane ones, such as a new area code map for the Chicago metro area which is now out of date. Betty Boop. A bunch of cats of various breeds. A favorite: “Real women don’t have hot flashes: we have power surges!” (from when I used to work for a surge suppressor manufacturer, but believe me, it’s wasn’t from them!) Michelangelo’s David, along with various pieces of clothing for him that you can layer on like Colorforms (everything from tighty whities, to bowtie and commerbund, to cowboy boots, to kilt). A wallet-size photo frame with an old picture of my little brother (he was about 7 in the picture; he’ll be 14 in June) A WXRT magnet NYC Transit Authority logo (my dad works for them, and he’s a huuuuge train geek) One that says “Smokers will be pummelled with punishing blows over their bodies.” Couple of boring, practical clip magnets for holding flyers, movie schedules, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-refrigerator-magnets-here/166912/19 "2003-04-07T03:29:07Z")
You asked for it… **Commercially produced** Two ceramic space alien heads Plastic skull Ceramic sun Eye with rainbow background Fresno California Golden Gate Bridge Fairy Soap ad Gay Johnny texas Vegetables ad “The Young Physique” magazine cover repro “Queer Daddy” book cover repro “Queer for Kicks” book cover repro Cher “Believe” tour magnet Divine Catwoman (Eartha Kitt) San Francisco “I’m Gay. Get Over It!” slogan Wonder Woman Felix the Cat Gay Cock (ad but I don’t know for what) Dyke Bank ad shaped like light bulb Wizard of Oz Quality paperback Book Club preferred member phone number Wisconsin Dells House on the Rock Octopus Madison Public Library Nurse on Call from my health insurance company Kennedy Space Center Joan Jett Blakk for President 1992 Illinois State University Milner Library Colorado, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin and Texas Liechtenstein Pink man/clip (currently holding my tickets to HAIRSPRAY!) **Homemade** Eve Arden Siouxsie Sioux Siouxsie Sioux’s left eye Divine Two Badtz maru Images from: Frankenstein (1910); Dracula’s Daughter; Sunset Blvd; Blue Velvet; All About Eve; Morocco National Coming Out Day Judy Garland Marlene Dietrich Cartoon guy saying “I am out, therefore I am” Cartoon woman saying “I’m feeling less and less **PERKY** about being an American” Felix the Cat Christopher Isherwood Ru Paul Jean-Claude Van Damme Louise Brooks (4) Enrique Iglasias Painting of a winged devil carrying a fat lady Ms Hippie (columnist for a leftie paper I used to write for) John Waters ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-refrigerator-magnets-here/166912/20 "2003-04-07T03:33:00Z")
Oh, and Magenta’s lips from Rocky Horror Picture Show and a kitchen timer. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-refrigerator-magnets-here/166912.md?page=2)