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All of these magnets and many more can be found at It’Sugar. I think there are three stores in New York City. We visited the one on Surf Avenue in Brooklyn because it’s across the street from Nathan’s. The Kid Brother doesn’t like to eat sweets. He used to always fill a bag with yogurt-dipped pretzels, but they don’t have them anymore. So on this visit, he filled a bag with milk chocolate-dipped pretzels. He doesn’t eat chocolate and hasn’t (for the most part) since he was 12 and my mother told him it was bad for his skin. He still tells me “I don’t eat chocolate!” So his choice surprised me that day. I confirmed that he knew it was chocolate. In his world, white chocolate doesn’t count as chocolate, by the way. But, milk chocolate is usually on his “Bad” list.
These are some of my favorite magnets. I didn’t buy any because magnets on the refrigerator, or any appliance, make me crazy. I can’t help but “neaten” them when I visit someone who has them.
Speaking of that: We have a new refrigerator being delivered this evening. After that a new water heater (a tank instead of hot water on demand) and a new cooktop. My corner shower works but it would be much more pleasant with shower doors instead of an extra-long curtain that I step on. But that’s a long way down the line, I think. None of this is costing us a centimo. Things are going well.
Do you have a favorite magnet? I’m stuck between a train wreck and a delusion.
Todos estos imanes y muchos más se pueden encontrar en It’Sugar. Creo que hay tres tiendas en la ciudad de Nueva York. Visitamos la de Surf Avenue en Brooklyn porque está al otro lado de la calle de Nathan’s. A El Hermanito no le gusta comer dulces. Solía llenar siempre una bolsa con pretzels bañados en yogur, pero ya no los tienen. Así que en esta visita, llenó una bolsa con pretzels bañados en chocolate con leche. No come chocolate y no lo ha hecho (en su mayor parte) desde que tenía 12 años y mi madre le dijo que era malo para su piel. Todavía me dice “¡No como chocolate!”. Así que su elección me sorprendió ese día. Confirmé que él sabía que era chocolate. En su mundo, el chocolate blanco no cuenta como chocolate, por cierto. Pero, el chocolate con leche suele estar en su lista de “Malos”.
Estos son algunos de mis imanes favoritos. No compré ninguno porque los imanes en el refrigerador, o en cualquier electrodoméstico, me vuelven loca. No puedo evitar “ordenarlos” cuando visito a alguien que los tiene.
Hablando de eso: esta tarde nos entregarán un refrigerador nuevo. Después, un nuevo calentador de agua (un tanque en lugar de agua caliente a pedido) y una nueva estufa. Mi ducha de esquina funciona, pero sería mucho más agradable con puertas de ducha en lugar de una cortina extra larga sobre la que tengo que pisar. Pero creo que eso es un largo camino por recorrer. Nada de esto nos está costando un céntimo. Las cosas van bien.
¿Tienes un imán favorito? Estoy atrapado entre un descarrilamiento de tren y delerios.
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I ought to post a photo of our refrigerator … I realign the magnets daily.
Bob:
We’ve had some magnets in the past and no amount of arranging could satisfy me. And it’s a shame because I do love so many magnets.
I love frig magnets!
wickedhamster:
I love the magnets… I just can’t tolerate them on the refrigerator… or oven, or range hood, or door frame.
I swear the magnets weighed more than the refrigerator. I like dressing for the job.
David:
Chuck has entirely covered his refrigerator in magnets. I bought him most of them!
Oh, my goodness, those were great for a good chuckle this morning!
Not costing you a centimo? All being paid for by the apartment owner? Great!
Judy C:
Yes! La dueña has come through and is turning out to be great.
Good Lord. Give me notice before you visit me so that I can take everything off my refrigerator. It’s really absurd how much shit I’ve got stuck up there. Grandchildren-related, most of it. You would lose your mind at the complete messiness of it.
I’ve got a magnet that has a woman asking the question, “Where are my hormones?” I have to admit, I do love these magnets. When we moved in here there was one on the refrigerator that said, “Jesus is coming! Hide the bong.”
Ms. Moon
Ms. Moon:
Don’t change anything in your house to suit me. Just don’t be surprised if your magnets and displays get completely rearranged while I’m there. I seriously can’t help myself.
I had a friend who, when he came over, would straighten the pictures on the walls. I appreciated it.
Ms. Moonsigh:
I must admit. I have been known to do that, too. I can’t help myself. I used to accuse my mother of tilting the pictures on her walls so it would look like she dusted.
My faves are the last two magnets. So I stole those photos from you, of course. I use my fridge and fridge magnets as my bulletin board. All sorts of crap stuck to it all helter-skelter and piggedly-wiggledy. Every couple of years I clean it up but then the madness starts again.
Debra She Who Seeks:
I hope you won’t mind if I fix the helter skelter and piggledy-wiggledy. The top of my head pops off if I don’t. I’m always flattered when you steal from me.
What? What? What did you ask?
See the marriage magnet. 🙂
Mary
Mary:
That one did crack me up. I was brought up in a house where you never yelled from room to room. SG was not. A lot of Whats around here.
First of all, I agree with Chuck. White chocolate is like Pat Boone’s version of Tutti Fruity. It lacks the soul and flavor of real chocolate.
On to the magnets. I have a special affinity for the marriage one. It rings so true. Of course, that’s probably because neither one of us can hear worth a crap anymore. Our fridge has magnetic clips that hold unused recipes, exercise regimes and expired coupons. We used to be a lot more creative.
Deedles:
Between SG’s hearing and his insistence on yelling from room to room, there are a lot of Whats around here. My mother’s kitchen door frame was painted metal. She covered it in magnets. It drove me crazy. I would constantly straighten and arrange them and it still drove me crazy.
Oh, definitely the delusions one. Both the words and the artwork.
Kirk:
Yep, I love the delusions one.
Some of those magnet “pearls of wisdom” are fab! Jx
Jon:
We spent a lot of time reading them in the shop.
I’m glad you can’t see my fridge. I love these kinds of magnets and have several. My favorites are “Step away from the fridge, Lardass!” and “I’m so old, I can remember going through a whole day without taking a picture of anything.”
You’ve shared some good ones here. I might like the bottom two in the left column the best.
Kelly:
“I know I said hi” made me think of a number of people (including bloggers) I know. The magnets are clearly a problem for me. I have very specific memories of homes and their mess of refrigerator magnets (and what I would do there).
Boud here complaining that this didn’t arrive till now! Missed the magnet opus. I have a few vital things on my fridge –my DNR, friends small artworks –but a few things on the side where I don’t have to see them all the time. I hate magnets unless they’re holding something vital in place.
Boud:
So that was my magnet opus! OK, I’ll forgive you the DNR on the fridge. That makes sense. Still, I would probably try and find a way to artfully present it. I’ve even rearranged bulletin boards.
I have Garfield on my fridge
And my New York magnets x
finlaygray:
I’ll admire the magnets and then, probably, straighten them.
My favourite…..’I’m sorry, I know I said hi………..
happens ALL THE TIME!!! lol
Jim:
Yes, that one really hits home.
“This wine tastes like everyone can make their own dinner” LOL!!! I love that one. I also love fridge magnets and always ask friends to pick one out for me when they travel overseas. So far I have magnets from India, Jamaica, Ireland, and Germany.
Jennifer:
I always look at fridge magnets when I travel. And the do make great gifts. Just not for me.
Definitely the “salad” magnet. Why are 12 out of 13 magnet people women?
Frank D:
I thought the same thing. Maybe because women are funnier and more quick witted than men?
My fridge/freezer is totally covered with magnets from all over the world……bought over many years by myself, and family and friends. You could have a crazy time putting them all straight!!
Frances
Frances:
I would definitely find a way of rearranging them. It’s a shame because I really do love the magnets themselves and the memories they carry.
My favorite is the train wreck one. It kind of describes how I feel living in the USA right now.
Michael:
Nick works for the London tube, so this was especially appropriate that day. But I loved it.
Hahahaha
Oh loved the magnets! I want three!
And when I was in college, the roomie and I used to have those magnet poetry thingys and it was more MadLibs than anything else.
And white chocolate is delish.
XOXO
Sixpence:
I did enjoy this magnet poetry things, briefly!
My favorite is the one about yelling “what” from different rooms of the house.
Walt the Fourth:
That hit home.
I too have to resist the urge upon encountering a fridge full of magnets not to order them and arrange them – or tear off the excessive ones.
Urspo:
I’ve never had to control the urge to remove them… except at my mother’s.