Thursday, July 20, 2006

England fail in World Cup bid: Englishman wins fridge magnet

Lucky winners of a caption competition to commemorate England's rubbishy bid to win the World Cup, hosted by family history chatboard, Rootschat, were offered a fridge magnet as the main prize. That's alright then.

What's under your fridge magnet today?

The humble fridge magnet. Consider for a moment the tales of human endeavour, misery, happiness and mundanity that lie beneath it.

An invitation to a wedding; a reminder not to miss little Billy's sports day.

The question is, what's your fridge magnet holding up?

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Stop! Thief!

Remember the days when you were... oooh... maybe 5 years old? A big white fridge in front of you and a pile of little plastic magnetic letters to play with?

You were just about to complete a word when little Billy Johnson, your next door neighbour and so-called 'friend' came along and swiped a crucial letter you needed.

Recreate the angst here.

The Great BBC Fridge Magnet Challenge

Jon Manel, BBC Radio 4's 'man at the pitchside' at the World Cup, laid down a challenge to his listeners to tell him 'Who invented the fridge magnet?'

Without a definitive response, Jon's gauntlet still lies on the floor.

There's a free magnet available for anyone who can supply the answer.

(Jon's diary - which references fridge magnets throughout! - can be found here.)

And don't you go rushing off to Wikipedia for the answer - the boys at Wiki don't know!

New range of "quite interesting" magnets available on ebay

The Fridge Magnet Magnate is proud to announce his range of 'quite interesting' fridge magnets, available for sale on ebay.

These include the popular "My other fridge is a SMEG" magnet, which has appeared on fridges the world over since its launch at MagnetExpo '05 in Stockholm in November last year.

Fridge magnets just got ironic!

Search my shop here, but if you can't find what you're looking for, just let me know!

Remember - no fridge is too big!

A new dawn for white goods!

Fridges the world over, unite! You have nothing to lose but bare, white space!

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