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Listening to the Refrigerator Magnet

by Terri Evans | 13, Add your Comment | Jul 5, 2009

Sarah Palin should have actually listened to her parents’ refrigerator magnet rather than quoting it: The wisdom of the magnet was: “don’t explain: your friends don’t need it and your enemies won’t believe you anyway.”

Instead she explained –  dribbling and mixing basketball metaphors with dead fish, lame ducks, milk and war. (The “we are not retreating” quote that she wrongly attributed to General MacArthur, was actually said by General Oliver Smith during the Korean War.) The astute magnet was right when it proclaimed: “your enemies won’t believe you anyway.”

I confess. Upon hearing and reading Palin’s explanation (AKA, justification), I practically ran to our kitchen box in search of the meaning of life. I actually did find most of the meaning of my life in a photo gallery of family and friends, sprinkled with a few narcissistic, magnetic insights: “Take Me to Paris,”Warning, Unapologetic Liberal,“Bon Voyage,” “Hurrah! At Last 50!” And another, “Take Me to Paris.” (I sense a theme here.) There was absolutely no overt advice from my appliance. Perhaps this is what is missing in my life. I have no erudite guidance from the cooling cabinet. It makes me feel, well, insulated.

Appeal to Dew readers: Do you have “cool” advice on your fridge? Please share.


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13 Responses to “Listening to the Refrigerator Magnet”

  1. Billy Howard Billy Howard says:
    July 5, 2009 at 11:55 am

    I receive little guidance in life, stuck with a stainless refrigerator which is magnetically challenged. No bon mots of wisdom imparted as I open the door at 3AM for Rocky Road.

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  2. Kitty says:
    July 5, 2009 at 1:16 pm

    I have only 2. One with the phone number for Little Caesars Pizza and the other for Publix’ Pharmacy. Coincidental pairing? I think not. What does it say about me? Slow learner.

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  3. Chrys B. Graham chrys says:
    July 5, 2009 at 1:42 pm

    As many can attest, our refrigerator front is hard to find. We have magnets from our travels; photos of friends and family; favorite restaurant magnets, but only one that gives us advice–”Simplify your Life”. Woops!

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  4. Marcia says:
    July 5, 2009 at 1:45 pm

    “You know you are getting older when Happy Hour is a nap.”

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  5. Cliff Green Cliff Green says:
    July 5, 2009 at 10:02 pm

    Like Billy, my refrigerator doesn’t handle magnets, so , alas, I am left adrift in life….

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  6. Mary Civille says:
    July 5, 2009 at 11:32 pm

    Dick, Jane, Sally, Puff and Spot

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  7. kimdegualle says:
    July 6, 2009 at 7:17 am

    “Uninteresting women have immaculate houses.” I’m VERY interesting.

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  8. Jennifer Hill says:
    July 6, 2009 at 9:32 am

    Our fridge is covered with family photos and a smattering of magnets, a couple of which offer advice including, “Cause I’m the mama and I say so.”

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  9. Tim Oliver says:
    July 6, 2009 at 10:46 am

    We, too, have a stainless, so, the magnets get stuck on the sides. Scottie dog magnets holding baby pictures, a Caribbean lady holding a string of snapper with the caption “A happy meal be good for you !”, and strangely enough, pictures of two ex-friends, one with the caption “I see you’ve put aside this special time to make a fool of yourself !”, and the other ” Since you’re out of your mind, I’ll leave a message.”

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  10. Flight Attendant says:
    July 6, 2009 at 10:50 am

    Drink no wine before it’s time. It’s time.
    Life is like good wine…best taken with friends.

    My refrigerator, my enabler.

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  11. sally wood says:
    July 6, 2009 at 7:30 pm

    Once upon a time I had a refrigerator that was so ugly I wallpapered it with snapshots and magnets. Over time I came to love that refrigerator door plastered with my life. Things happened. I moved. No magnet fridge. Where could I check on my life? I started searching junk yards for old fridges, took off the doors, stripped them out, sanded and painted them, hung them on the walls down my hall and put my life back into view. I love them every day when I walk down my life (hall). All of the answers I need are one those doors. I just need to ask the right questions.

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  12. Billy Howard Billy Howard says:
    July 7, 2009 at 9:30 am

    Sally wins the refrigerator magnet wars. Refrigerator doors hung in your hallway with no smelly, overstuffed, frige to clean out! Priceless. However, no Rocky Road at 3 am behind those doors!

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  13. Becky Stanford says:
    July 11, 2009 at 11:36 am

    My daughter gave me this one – We have nothing to fear but our mothers.

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About the author Terri Evans: Terri Evans is 25+year marketing communications professional, a partner at LeslieEvansCreative and bcauzmarketing (cause-related). She has been a food columnist for Atlanta Intown and Atlanta Buckhead newspapers, and a contributing writer for Georgia Magazine, the Atlanta Business Chronicle and other publications. Evans was also a finalist in a Southern Living cooking competition. She is (and has long been) at work on a novel set in the South (of Georgia) and the South (of France). She's always cookin' up somethin'.

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