Comments on: I Am Afraid of IKEA

By: Seriously?

Seriously? — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:15:56 +0000

Really? Dude, if you can’t put together Ikea furniture than you’re an idiot. Seriously, Ikea is the shit. You can furnish your apartment for like, 20 dollars.

I mean, I’m not saying it isn’t a pain in the ass to put together, because it is a pain in the ass. But with a little patience and effort, you’ve got some cheap, (and I don’t mean “piece of shit” cheap, I mean it literally costs next to nothing) decent furniture.

And how hard is it to get a god damn pencil and write a name on it? KLUSTOFF…write it the fuck down dude.

I mean, holy shit, I realize that I just wasted my time reading a humorous story about Ikea written over a year ago while I was trying to find something completely different, but dude, settle down.

Ikea is the shit.

By: Apologiesallround

Apologiesallround — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 06:34:27 +0000

The last time I had existential angst was when I went to the new Ikea in Sydney.

Vast, vast, vast space and sooo many people. I got that same feeling of absolute insignificance I get at LAX. Interestingly I don’t get this at Heathrow or Gatwick. Just Sydney Ikea and LAX.

Actually I generally have the whole angst thing in LA. All those freeways; I feel perenially left behind, left in the middle of absolutely nowhere. The Getty also has that vibe of impersonalness. Even Tate feels like it cares that you’re there just a teeny tiny bit. Ditto the Louvre. But the Getty is indifferent. What’s the curvy one …that one in New York …that one loves you, it wants you in there, but the Getty seriously doesn’t give a fuck whether you visit or not. That’s the Sydney Ikea vibe.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 06:03:37 +0000

Ikea: Swedish For Wobbly…

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 04:52:00 +0000

The store was OK to me, but the furnitures they sell look fragile and odd-shaped…

But the meatballs they served me was cheap and about “average” in quality…which I don’t think the real Swedish people would eat in Sweden…

By: nic

nic — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 16:29:54 +0000

Are ALL those words un-scrambleable or should I continue with what I was doing before you drove me TSNU? Jesus!

By: Rattling Widget

Rattling Widget — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 09:42:46 +0000

Here in the Uk they nail all the ornamental display stuff to the shelves….walls….etc, The book shelves are full of books printed in Swedish. How odd?

By: anonymous city girl

anonymous city girl — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 14:25:01 +0000

Hey… my studio looks like one of those rooms at IKEA… and I put every piece together (and they have survived 4 recent moves without a scratch).

By: Pauly D

Pauly D — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 15:17:43 +0000

Yeah, FRED is one tough bastard.

By: Ruggybabs

Ruggybabs — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I once bought ‘FRED’ from IKEA. Simply because it was the only thing I could pronounce.

Took me 3 weeks to put the bastard together, mind you.