Why does silverware magnetized

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You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Blog at WordPress. October 2, Magnetic silverware in restaurants Posted by sciencegeekgirl under Weird Science Tricks Tags: magnetism , physics , weird science 1 Comment. TOM: Wow. So, um, what's up? Can someone explain this to me scientifically or should I start avoiding kryptonite? Are yours magnetized every time?

Do you ask them to try it when yours are NOT magnetized? If yours are only magnetized say, one out of ten times, and you eat with 3 other people, chances are that if you only ask them to test when you've found yours to be magnetized, theirs will rarely be magnetized.

So if you touch a knife and fork, you magnetize them? What happens if you get a little tiny fridge magnet - does it stick to you? Can you make paper clips jump from the desk into the palm of your hand? Or is it just restaurant cutlery? Data point: I recently noticed this about myself, although just at one restaurant so far. I also made choo choo train sounds while pulling the cutlery across the table. No one else at the table had silverware capable of this.

Response by poster: Emelenjr, do you have the other half of this amulet? When you're at a restaurant, are we talking about tables with tablecloths? You mentioned that it's been happening consistently - does this mean you can do it on command as in, "yo Alabaster, do that flatware trick you always do"? This article was published more than 11 years ago.

Some information may no longer be current. Now, if only we could get our knife unstuck from our fork What would cause this? Some CW readers said other types of restaurant bins have magnets mounted on the rim or have a magnetic lining.