I am drinking Starbucks now, and it's not terrible

[Brooks]

What exactly is wrong with stuff from Ikea?

Nothing. Nothing at all.

 

[EricT]

Except it's made by those fucking SWEDES.

[/finnish]

 

[Dead_Lioness]

Nothing. Nothing at all.

Ikea is easy, colorful, and affordable. I totally get that, and I will not talk badly towards them on this forum.

 

[Dead_Lioness]

I really don't hate Ikea (not my style, but I dont hate it)

but this song made me laugh :


IKEA / Jonathan Coulton lyrics

Long ago in days of yore
It all began with a god named Thor
There were Vikings and boats
And some plans for a furniture store
It's not a bodega, it's not a mall
And they sell things for apartments smaller than mine
As if there were apartments smaller than mine

Ikea: just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen
Ikea: selling furniture for college kids and divorced men
Everyone has a home
But if you don't have a home you can buy one there

So rent a car or take the bus
Lay your cash down and put your trust
In the land where the furniture folds to a much smaller size
Billy the bookcase says hello
And so does a table whose name is Ingo
And the chair is a ladder-back birch but his friends call him Karl

Ikea: just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen
Ikea: selling furniture for college kids and divorced men
Everyone has a home
But if you don't have a home you can buy one there

Ikea: plywood, brushed steel
Ikea: meatballs, tasty
Ikea: Allen wrenches
All of them for free
All of them for me

I'm sorry I said Ikea sucks
I just bought a table for 60 bucks
And a chair and a lamp
And a shelf and some candles for you
I was a doubter just like you
Till I saw the American dream come true
In New Jersey, they got a goddamned Swedish parade

Ikea: just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen
Ikea: selling furniture for college kids and divorced men
Everyone has a home
But if you don't have a home you can buy one there

 

[Elimist]

You should spike your coffee with rum.

 

[Dead_Lioness]

I just realized I actually hate IKEA after all because they stopped bringing Bilar candy

 

[Chromatose]

I'm chowin' down on a mushroom omelette

 

[Tide In Mind Out]

slug omelette!

 

[Chromatose]

 

[Dead_Lioness]

haha!!!


Hey Cara and Dewick- next tim you go to Ikea, check to see if they have Bilar there...
maybe only the VA ones stopped bringing that in

 

[Tide In Mind Out]

Kawen, I checked the website. It's out of stock everywhere :'(

 

[Dead_Lioness]

Kawen, I checked the website. It's out of stock everywhere :'(

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Dead Winter]

Everyone seems to dislike the big chains these days...I wonder if the US is going back to "normal" stores anytime soon. I hear from many different people how they dislike all these big giant stores and corporations these days in the US...I wouldn't be surprised if in the near future Wal-Mart has to close some stores due to lack of sales.

 

[Dead_Lioness]

Everyone seems to dislike the big chains these days....

"these days" ???

Have we met?

 

[DreamNeonBlack]

Everyone seems to dislike the big chains these days...I wonder if the US is going back to "normal" stores anytime soon. I hear from many different people how they dislike all these big giant stores and corporations these days in the US...I wouldn't be surprised if in the near future Wal-Mart has to close some stores due to lack of sales.

Well, I like the fact that I can go to a Target or Walmart and get many different things. I also like the consistency idea of chains.

What I don't like is the fact that there are 20 of them on every street. If I have to drive 10 mins to get to a store, I'm ok with that.

Like how in NYC there are starbucks facing each other ( literally ) on each side of the street. All these places spread themselves too thin, then operating costs beat profits and they wonder why.

 

[Shpongled]

I'm chowin' down on a mushroom omelette

Good post.

 

[Dead_Lioness]

Good post.

no, you!

 

[Captain Beard]

No, YOU!

I agree with Kevin.

 

[Shpongled]

NO YUO!

 

[Swabs]

Mushrooms are actually made of dicks, just nobody knows yet.

Onions too.