Magnetic External Walls

You'll all be glad to hear that work on the West Wing commenced this morning. This meant that, last night, I was bent over removing items such as hose reels that had previously been screwed on the existing walls. Planning, such a wonderful idea - I must get some.

Of course, being outside, the screws attaching these gizmos to the wall had rusted and were not easy to unscrew. The fact that it was 8:30pm, dark and chucking it down with rain made the task even more enjoyable. The final level of bliss was achieved when kneeling to remove the last few items. As they say on the bank adverts, "there must be a better way".

My first idea was "velcro walls". However, some of these items need to withstand great pulling forces, and I'm not too sure I want people waltzing up and tripping away with my easily detachable hose reel. The security aspect negates the ease of detachment.

So, electromagnetic walls. I propose that each external wall has a number of electromagnetic points, that are switched on from inside the house. Once activated the electromagnet has such force that it easily withstands casual or prolonged pulling. When switched off, the residual magnetism retains enough attraction to stop the gizmos outside from just plummeting to the floor. All externally fixable things will simply need steel fixers embedded within them as part of their construction - neater looking design as no fixing holes are now required.

The wall is now on, but only croissants or fishbones with inbuilt iron will be accepted.