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I break into your house and steal something from the top of your fridge - what do I take away with me?

493 replies

00100001 · 21/10/2020 21:35

If you broken into mine, you'd get a red plastic box filled with napkins, a jug and a pot with pens in!

OP posts:
Lurchermom · 22/10/2020 23:40

I thought you meant the top shelf of the fridge and couldn't work out why you kept napkins there Blush it's been a long day.

Nothing - it's integrated and reaches the ceiling as we've got low ceilings. Now too shelf of the fridge and you'd probably get a jar of capers or some marmalade...

30not13 · 22/10/2020 23:46

Half a box of last years Christmas crackers and a 4 bottle optic with no bottles on it.

CrochetyCrochet · 23/10/2020 00:10

Gosh, a remarkable number of beloved pets seem to find their final resting place on top of the fridge. Which is rather touching. Is it the new mantlepiece?

Legoandloldolls · 23/10/2020 00:24

Dd (6) christening cake topper inbox covered with 6 years worth of grease and dust. Sorry, it's been a hard 6 years 🤢

iwantavuvezela · 23/10/2020 00:28

Cremora ... it’s not inside it’s on top!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=TvpEpLW28cI

FrenchFancie · 23/10/2020 05:41

A bright orange plastic cutlery tray that didn’t fit our new drawers when we moved in here four years ago. I shoved it on top of the fridge while I tried to decide what to do about the kitchen drawers (ridiculously small) and it has stayed there ever since.
I should probably throw it away....

FrenchFancie · 23/10/2020 05:51

Oh and the outside fridge has the broken kayak paddle and DCs outgrown buoyancy aid.
And dust, obviously, as I refuse to clean the fridge that lives in the garage

Bloodybridget · 23/10/2020 06:07

A radio-CD player, the fruit bowl, a bowl of onions and garlic, often a bowl of tomatoes. It's not a fridge-freezer, in case you were imagining me climbing on a stool several times a day! Such a useful surface, I don't know what we'd do if we did have a ff, although I would like one.

Iamacatslave · 23/10/2020 06:12

Empty cake tin.

MinnieMountain · 23/10/2020 06:14

Our cleaner’s caddy of equipment. Cereal.

PaperMonster · 23/10/2020 06:48

Two lovely baskets filled with crisps and chocolate, tablecloths and cake tins.

MiaN · 23/10/2020 06:51

drinks shelf that I don't use in the fridge. I don't need to be honest, don't break in just ring the door bell :)

BarbaraofSeville · 23/10/2020 07:43

A scabby cushion once used by a cat who doesn't live here anymore (we fostered him for a friend who had housing issues and he's gone back to live with her as that's now sorted - he used to sleep on top of the fridge it was his quiet space). None of our (many) other cats have ever been up there as far as I know, but should they decide to, there's a cushion up there to increase their comfort.

A burnt tea towel that was used to put out a grill fire. Now it's no good as a tea towel, there it remains should it be needed for said purpose again.

BarbaraofSeville · 23/10/2020 07:44

a large bottle of Armani Diamonds perfume

I first read this as 'Anne Diamond's perfume' and thought 'oh is she doing perfume now'?

DinosApple · 23/10/2020 07:51

About 10 rolls of wrapping paper and some school reports!

thenumberseven · 23/10/2020 09:49

An extremely ancient clay cooking pot with lid, filled with almonds from last year's harvest given to me by kindly neighbor, (the almonds not the pot)
Also a wooden duck decoy.
The almonds need shelling and I still haven't got round to it so I buy for cooking, elderly neighbor who passed on the almonds would not approve..... me buying almonds while part of her harvest sits on top of my fridge Blush

WithTheJonses · 23/10/2020 09:51

Oooo bloody loads. The sweetie jar. About 7 different types of half open cereals. 4 tubs of granulated sweetener. 4 tubs of coffee and if you're lucky a pack of teabags lol

Feawen · 23/10/2020 10:00

Oh no - my lovely (if rarely used) wicker picnic hamper with all the dinky cutlery in its little holders and pockets Sad

Ninkanink · 23/10/2020 10:01

Oh no I can’t bear to think of you losing that!! Sad Sad

I really do need to get a picnic hamper.

tootiredtothinkofanewname · 23/10/2020 10:02

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Happynow001 · 23/10/2020 10:02

@ErrolTheDragon

Nothing, since we realised that the pile of stuff on top of ours was impeding the air flow and making the fridge less efficient. Hmm
Ahhh!!!That explains a lot... I'll have to find somewhere else for the 5L of UHT milk (I get through lots each week), rolls of kitchen paper, baked beans and large box of Yorkshire tea bags I bought when they were last on offer from Iceland. 🌹
GuyFawkesHadTheRightIdea · 23/10/2020 10:04

The cat.

I'd suggest leaving her tbh, she can be a bit.. stabby when disturbed.

Autumnchill · 23/10/2020 10:05

A socket

PattyPan · 23/10/2020 10:09

A really old coffee maker, squash or cereal. The big bottle of Ribena is probably the most valuable thing up there Grin

Feawen · 23/10/2020 11:18

@Ninkanink

Oh no I can’t bear to think of you losing that!! Sad Sad

I really do need to get a picnic hamper.

At least it would be appreciated Grin