LOl love the footy team idea!!! I didnt think to try that one!!
I tried most of the above suggestions, but DH just didnt "get" it.....so I bought afew to show him they were different to the terry squares idea he had in his head. I still got a fair bit of resistance (mainly the pooey factor) but I think he just gave up aguing after awhile cos he realised I wasnt going to back down (and also realised that I would be doing most of the changes and all the laundry anyway)
Altho he wont really admit that he prefers the MCN now.....I did catch him showing off to some of his mates about them LOL he even brought one out for a demo for them and rattled off all the features and advantages (I guess he really did listen when I was nagging about them) hahahaha