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Time For a New Hobby
After Duffus McClutski's wife made him give up his used tea bag collection, Duffus decided to start collecting fridge magnets. Eventually, he had enough to cover the entire fridge, much to his wife's dismay. After several failed attempts to get rid of them, she finally gave up until one day, their fridge broke down. They looked at dozens of fridges, but finally settled on a top-of-the-line stainless steel model with two doors, icemaker and the works. Duffus was reluctant to spend so much on a fridge till his wife told him to imagine how great his fridge magnets would look on it. That was all the motivation he needed, but once the fridge was in, he soon realized his wife had put one over on him, and he would only be able to imagine his collection on the fridge from now on.
But why, what had she done?
But why, what had she done?
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What do fridge magnets need to work?Answer
She knew that high quality stainless steel like that used in making expensive pots, cooking utensils, and fridges is non-magnetic. Thus the fridge magnets wouldn't stick and Duffus would have to take up a new hobby. But that's another teaser.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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My parents just bought a stainless steel fridge and when my brother put a magnet on it, it scratched the surface really bad. Nice teaser...I enjoyed...Axton
Has Duffis (Duffus) been at it changing the spelling of his name?
talk about an easy one! Must admit, we have a fair few fridge magnets on our fridge (obviously not stainless teel). But it wasn't that hard to figure it out. Loved it.
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Em
Not very difficult, but I liked the story
Btw, "indeed" is one word, otherwise we're talking about the insides of deeds...
Btw, "indeed" is one word, otherwise we're talking about the insides of deeds...
Poor Duffus . I hope he kept the old one.
really easy, but i love reading about Duffus' sad life
thats cool, poor guy! Diffently(SP) a favorites!
Awwww! I thought almost had the answer! Turns out I went by the hint and guessed, "metal."
didn't know steel wasn't magentic but fiured it must not be because it had to be the answer.
We do have a stainless fridge, and magnets do stick on them. My guess is high quality stainless for other applications is not magnetic, but the quality of stainless on some (most?) fridges do contain iron.
That was easy but really funny. This is my fist one that i am putting on my favorites.
my ex used to have a stainless steel fridge - used to drive me mad!! made him buy a magnetic whiteboard so i could magnet things of importance to it
Easy, but fun!
Stainless steel is so called because it is non-ferrous and therefore does not oxidize easily. Non-ferrous metals are generally poor magnets.
I knew that!
Stainless steel contains, in addition to regular steel, a bit of nickel and chromium.
For you jokers out there, THE ELEMENT NICKEL!
Stainless steel contains, in addition to regular steel, a bit of nickel and chromium.
For you jokers out there, THE ELEMENT NICKEL!
this just happened to my friends parents... they bought a new fridge BECAUSE they ran out of space to put all there magnets
you are so funny
Never mind the science, you should write stories. I'm sure a lot of us have known couples where one loves fridge magnets and the other hates them! Maybe you would need an O.Henry twist so her dastardly anti-magnet plans backfire.
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