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**Lefty Scaevola** · February 20, 2002, 14:57

No problem with the Ikea outlets here. They are arranged wntirely rationally. You can quickely find what you want, buy it, and get out the door. The devious Swedes know better than to screw with Texians.

**mindseye** · February 20, 2002, 15:05

I recently had my first IKEA experience. I needed a couple of cheap, simple wardrobes for my new apartment. Not caring for cheap, hideous Chinese furniture I visited the Shanghai IKEA.

While I was happy to find exactly what I was looking for within my budgetary reach, I was frustrated by repeatedly loosing my way on the same floor, and my inability to determine just how to exit the place.

Now at least I know it wasn't just me! Thanks, BFB!

- mindseye

**Juggernaut** · February 20, 2002, 16:01

Well, I don't know 'bout foreign IKEA:s but my local one are well-organized and the stuff you buy is so easy to put together a 9-year-old could do it.

Regarding the design, it's not state of the art, but nor is it hideously ugly.

Regarding the names, it's kitch, goddamnit!

Maybe the problems Bugs has relies within himself?

**DinoDoc** · February 20, 2002, 16:07

What's Ikea? I don't think I've ever heard of them before this thread.

**Bugs ****ing Bunny** · February 20, 2002, 16:08

Kitsch is the realm solely inhabited by those lacking the ability or courage to be funny, offensive and/or gay- and calling a range of mugs "Bang" is just unforgiveable. It's off the scale.

**Zoid** · February 20, 2002, 16:17

IKEA rules! OK, some of he furniture suck ass, but most of it IS really good. It´s christmas morning in my house when the new IKEA-catalouge arrives

And it´s a experience in itself to go to IKEA, almost a ritual actually. We make the trip two or three times a year dressed in our ceremonial IKEA-fur robes and horned helmets. When we reach the sacred parking lot we sacrifice a moose to the IKEA-god (Ingvar Kamprad) while chanting IKEA in a variety of voices. Then we finally enter the holy temple that is IKEA.

Well inside we show our reverence unto our god by buying useless trinkets and cheap mugs and glasses. And yay, even some over-designed lamps, and bedclothes that you can wash one time before they get all turned and twisted.

The food served in the cafeteria is a penance for our sins, but we bear it with happy hearts for we know that in the great IKEA in the sky there will be roast boar and mead to drink.

We then go home feeling content, for we have indeed shown reverence unto our god.

**KrazyHorse** · February 20, 2002, 16:26

Positively brilliant.

Well, I don't know 'bout foreign IKEA:s but my local one are well-organized and the stuff you buy is so easy to put together a 9-year-old could do it

Scandinavian countries have the highest suicide rate in the world. I used to think it was the weather. Now I realise that where the British are proud of their colonies, the Americans are proud of their dollar, the French are proud of their armpit hair and the Germans are proud of their minority-rights history, all that Sweden has to be proud of is their ability to export their culture in the form of crappy furniture and funny accents.

**Juggernaut** · February 20, 2002, 16:30

Kitch is the realm solely inhabited by those lacking the ability to be gay? LOL!

Allow me to give the correct definition: Kitsch is an abstract phenomena transmitted on a frequency far above the limited perception of the average troglodyte and only recepted by trend-sensitive, intelligent people.

**spartak** · February 20, 2002, 16:35

Don't be so ****ing serious. Oh, sorry you are Swedish aren't you. Sorry I don't normally mock the afflicted.

**Juggernaut** · February 20, 2002, 16:45

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Originally posted by KrazyHorse

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Scandinavian countries have the highest suicide rate in the world. I used to think it was the weather. Now I realise that where the British are proud of their colonies, the Americans are proud of their dollar, the French are proud of their armpit hair and the Germans are proud of their minority-rights history, all that Sweden has to be proud of is their ability to export their culture in the form of crappy furniture and funny accents.

Pah, Stockholm is the trendiest city in the world. That's all that matters for me.

You ARE aware of Americas is ca. 10 years behind in fashion, right? LOL!

**Immortal Wombat** · February 20, 2002, 16:51

Originally posted by Juggernaut
Kitch is the realm solely inhabited by those lacking the ability to be gay? LOL!

Allow me to give the correct definition: Kitsch is an abstract phenomena transmitted on a frequency far above the limited perception of the average troglodyte and only recepted by trend-sensitive, intelligent people.

So kitch is for those people who desperately want to be camp, but just don't have the sense of style?

**KrazyHorse** · February 20, 2002, 16:52

Jugenheaden

IKEA's whole eco-friendly organic-formed modular dynamic is soooo 1993.

**- Groucho -** · February 20, 2002, 17:13

Originally posted by Juggernaut
You ARE aware of Americas is ca. 10 years behind in fashion, right? LOL!

So says the guy with a mid-'90s Seinfeld quote in his sig ...

**MichaeltheGreat** · February 20, 2002, 17:18

Their higher end office furniture rocks, but a lot of their stuff is crap, too - you're getting what you pay for. The one out here isn't that painful to navigate, and has shortcuts that let you get from point a to point b without circumnavigating the entire shopping mall.

**MichaeltheGreat** · February 20, 2002, 17:21

Originally posted by Juggernaut
Allow me to give the correct definition: Kitsch is an abstract phenomena transmitted on a frequency far above the limited perception of the average troglodyte and only recepted by trend-sensitive, intelligent people.

'round these parts, we calls that "horse****"

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