21-02-2002 03:28									#31
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quote: Originally posted by Adam Smith Should we expect a salvo directed at the Norwegians? Are the Danes likely targets for a verbal bombing?

An axis of evil indeed. The "Axis of Countries that Were Perhaps Evil a Millenium Ago But, Truth Be Told, Have Probably Forgotten How."

	21-02-2002 05:00									#32
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Ikea pisses me off no end. Right now, I'm drinking out of a cheap Ikea glass (from the "Svalka" range, I do believe) with an unlevel bottom. I have to be careful when I put the thing down, for fear that it might tip over.

Of course, my family is aware of my intense dislike of Ikea, so when we go out they don't bother mentioning that we're going there until the car doors are locked and we're at least half way to Leeds. However, I get my own back each time by making irritating, nitpickety comments about everything and generally driving everyone insane with my whinging.

	21-02-2002 06:03									#33
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I too am in home-improvement mode, but I'm just buying everything on the internet. Got a freezer, a futon and a load of carpet tiles coming my way - it was almost terrifyingly easy to spend that money.

	21-02-2002 06:07									#34
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But Seneca, didn't you want to be there when purchasing these goods? (sic!)

To BANG the freezer on the side to give you a false feeling of know-how and security about your purchase?

To run your fingers through the carpets and feel the thickness of the wool you're going to buy?

And about the futon what is it?

	21-02-2002 06:24									#35
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Not really - I find the whole business very boring. Plus I know that whatever the carpet's like, it will be a lot nicer than the stone floor I currently have...

A futon is like a settee, without cushioned arms. I only found that out today myself.

	21-02-2002 10:12									#36
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Stone floor is hip, man

Some of Ikea's furniture are good, particularly the ones that made from real wood instead of particle boards with sheets of plastic glued on top.

	21-02-2002 10:56									#37
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I have never heard of an Ikea before this thread. Of course, here in Montana it takes a while for big chains to open shop.

	21-02-2002 10:57									#38
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Ikea's been around forever. My parents were buying my furniture from Ikea in the early 80s.

	21-02-2002 10:59									#39
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quote: Originally posted by KrazyHorse . My parents were buying my furniture from Ikea in the early 80s.

It has taken them since then to get out of the store?!? Bugs must be right!

	21-02-2002 12:10									#40
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The main problem with IKEA is that no matter what the size of the assembled item, its box will never, ever fit into any car, even our four-wheel drive.

	21-02-2002 16:16									#41
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger Stone floor is hip, man

It's f*cking freezing...

	21-02-2002 16:30									#42
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IKEA is for veeery selective buying only. But I can't say the stores are labyrinths... not more than any furniture store.

	21-02-2002 17:15									#43
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If people didn't buy all that crap there wouldn't be IKEAs all over the place.

	21-02-2002 18:23									#44
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When I go shopping for something, I already have a good idea want I want. I go in, select product, pay and get out. The first time I visited IKEA was last november. I wanted a couch. I walked in, within 15 meter of the entrance I saw the one I wanted. My girlfriend and I argued about the colour for 1 1/2 minutes (she won), I ordered the thing and then wanted to leave.

That's when the trouble began. The way out meant I had to walk through the whole bloody building on some mysterious yellow-brick-road-path, which 'conveniently' leads you through every thinkable furniture section.
All the while I was increasing my pace, because my girlfriend kept on seeing things 'we could use' and even more scarier 'things on sale'. Things on sale we wouldn't need for the next ten years, but because of the low price should be bought NOW.

After finally finding the stupid exit, I was extremely pissed at the waste of time (more than a 15 minute walk) and my girlfriend was sulking over all the things we should have bought while we had the change, but didn't because I was 'too stupid to see that in the end we will spend more'.

IKEA, the ultimate relationshiptester.

	21-02-2002 19:06									#45
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You should buy her some of those blinkers that they use in horse racing so that the horses can only see straight ahead and don't get scared of the crowds.

	21-02-2002 19:21									#46
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quote: Originally posted by MikeH You should buy her some of those blinkers that they use in horse racing so that the horses can only see straight ahead and don't get scared of the crowds.

Oh, how I would suffer during my 6 months without sex, but the surprised look on her face whilst unpacking would almost make it worth it.

	21-02-2002 19:53									#47
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quote: Originally posted by Seneca It's f*cking freezing...

All you need is a pair of slippers and a rug by your bed.

	21-02-2002 20:11									#48
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I don't know about the rest of the world, But in England our Ikea's have the same made layout. But with one difference. Secret passage's. These mean you go in and out in minutes not hours.

	21-02-2002 20:14									#49
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quote: Originally posted by Deathwalker I don't know about the rest of the world, But in England our Ikea's have the same made layout. But with one difference. Secret passage's. These mean you go in and out in minutes not hours.

They do?
How could I have missed them Oh the misery I've spent wandering 'round that infernal maze! There's secret passages?

	21-02-2002 20:15									#50
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quote: Originally posted by Deathwalker I don't know about the rest of the world, But in England our Ikea's have the same made layout. But with one difference. Secret passage's. These mean you go in and out in minutes not hours.

And what degrading Swedish initiation rite do you have to endure to get the key to those Secret Passages?

	21-02-2002 21:29									#51
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ALL Ikeas share the same general layout. Been to at least five and don't ask why.
Sure some stuff is crap just like other stores, but whatever happened to discerning eyes? If it looks like crap, smells like crap, ITS CRAP! so don't buy it.

	21-02-2002 22:24									#52
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quote: Originally posted by Deathwalker I don't know about the rest of the world, But in England our Ikea's have the same made layout. But with one difference. Secret passage's. These mean you go in and out in minutes not hours.

I just end up using the bedding to make ropes and climbing over the partitions

	22-02-2002 00:08									#53
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I just avoid going inside if at all possible.

	22-02-2002 00:18									#54
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quote: Originally posted by Deathwalker you go in and out in minutes not hours.

I hear Viagra is good for that...