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    Image of BlinkyMcChuck BlinkyMcChuck
    08/28/09

    In reply to Allen Stanford Trial Turning Into Some Weird Voodoo Show
    It might finally have hit him how screwed he was.
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    Image of katydidit katydidit
    08/28/09

    In reply to Allen Stanford Trial Turning Into Some Weird Voodoo Show
    We don't know for sure he didn't contract syphilis.
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    08/28/09

    @katydidit:
    Keep hope alive!
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    Image of DeadliestSin DeadliestSin
    08/25/09

    In reply to Ikea Is the Disney World of China
    Don't buy the beds if you ever plan on having sex. In the bed. Ever.
    Breaking the slats and having your mattress fall the floor mid-coitus... not cool.
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    Image of eeeradicator eeeradicator
    08/25/09

    In reply to Ikea Is the Disney World of China
    At the newest Ikea in Japan, you must keep your shoes on when testing beds. Unlike the rest of the country. And the long hotdog is called the Ninja dog. On a related note, people bring their friggin pets with them. We saw a dog fight in the office chair section. It was surreal, like something from a B horror movie.
    On the plus side, it is one of the rare places in Saitama with multilingual staff, and not just English speakers. But the goddamn lockers never work for me. And they pronounce it E-K-AH.
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    08/26/09

    @eeeradicator: "Showroom Armoire Dogs," written and directed by Quentin Tarantino--brilliant!

    /iː/-KEH-ah is how it'a pronounced in the Swedish mother tongue and pretty much any other language except English.
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    Image of NathanSt NathanSt
    08/25/09

    In reply to Ikea Is the Disney World of China
    YES CHINA, IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES

    Welcome to Western style consumerism. BUY TO FILL THE VOID IN YOUR SOUL

    BUY

    BUY

    BUY

    YAY

    *6 hours later*

    "Why did I buy all of this crap? Ugh."
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    08/25/09

    In reply to Ikea Is the Disney World of China
    I have this urge to go count the number of IKEA products at Ingvar Kamprad's house.
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    08/25/09


    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: This snugglebug of a capitalist overlord could melt even the hearts of WTO protesters.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    08/25/09


    @snugbug:

    Nealy the same taste in glasses
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    Image of CherHorrorwitz CherHorrorwitz
    08/25/09

    In reply to Ikea Is the Disney World of China
    The IKEA in Athens is Disneyland with Smoking. People are insane for it in Europe, and maybe it's my Euro-dementia from living here for 2 years, but...their European stuff is actually really nice. The cookware is awesome.
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    Image of Forgetitjake Forgetitjake
    08/25/09

    @CherHorrorwitz:
    Cookware, yes; some of the toys are cute, too. I am living a lie when I hate on Ikea. I just redid my kitchen in Ikea and now I'm in the middle of disassembling, dusting and moving about 80 bookshelf-metres of Ivar. -- Still, Scandinavian family living = dorm room, and for many of the same reasons as dorm room = dorm room.
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    08/25/09

    In reply to Ikea Is the Disney World of China
    I've never been to IKEA, but I have enjoyed the downstairs of the Urban Outfitters on 72nd Street on multiple occasions, so I feel I cannot judge.
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    Image of tigolbitties tigolbitties
    08/25/09

    @DahlELama: how exactly have you enjoyed the downstairs?!?!
    (p.s. can you, or anyone else, share how to do italics and other nifty things? thanks!)
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    08/25/09

    @tigolbitties: Glad to be of servicey!
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    08/25/09

    @tigolbitties: I would really, really like to have a sexy story to put here, but really, I just used to sit on the chairs and occasionally play hide-and-seek with friends. I don't know if the fact that we were in high school makes this better or worse.

    I'll PM you re: italics. Hopefully someone else can fill you in on everything more advanced than that.
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    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    08/25/09

    @tigolbitties: Here you go friend: [www.tizag.com]
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    Image of tigolbitties tigolbitties
    08/25/09

    @snugbug: @DahlELama: @Conchie Birdie: thank you very much!!! i'm going to be an italicizing fool!!!!
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    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    08/25/09

    @tigolbitties: If this means you will also use numerous commas, I will heart you forever.
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    Image of Forgetitjake Forgetitjake
    08/25/09

    In reply to Ikea Is the Disney World of China
    Speaking of extreme, bizarre and soulless: they do this in Scandinavia, you know.
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    Image of Rhymenocerous Rhymenocerous
    08/25/09

    In reply to Ikea Is the Disney World of China
    Outdoors - ha! Have you ever been to Beijing? Everyone forsakes the outdoors, in the interest of being able to breathe. Hanging out in Ikea is a symptom, not the problem.
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    Image of hamburgerhotdog hamburgerhotdog
    08/25/09

    In reply to Ikea Is the Disney World of China
    Have you been to Secaucus on a Friday night? People do it there as well. It's like, My Fantasy House playset - you let the kids run around, mess it up, and then leave.
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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    08/25/09

    In reply to Ikea Is the Disney World of China
    The cool kids hang out by the ligonberry soda dispenser.
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    Image of tigolbitties tigolbitties
    08/25/09

    @Botswana Meat Commission FC: while checking out each others' balls?
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    Image of BullfightsOnAcid BullfightsOnAcid
    08/25/09

    In reply to Ikea Is the Disney World of China
    Is that any different than spending all day and night at the Lusty Lady? That is, until I run out of quarters.
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    08/25/09

    In reply to Ikea Is the Disney World of China
    I have a confession, too: I made a pilgrimage to the IKEA MOTHERSHIP. The original store flagship, which is a few miles out of the city of Stockholm, in a suburb. You take this little free IKEA bus to the destination--and what world of wonders awaits you upon arrival!

    They have a lot of exclusive products that you cannot get at the IKEA in Burbank, for example. Such as: a collection of finger puppets that represent members of the Swedish royal family; artisanal toy horses made of wood, which for some mysterious reason are embellished with the word "mama!" on their shanks. Both items made excellent gifts for the loved ones at home.
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    Image of meechybee meechybee
    08/25/09

    @snugbug: Am. So. Jealous. I wanted to go the last time I was in Stockholm but the specter of trying to fit a couch into my overhead luggage was too daunting.

    (FYI, the horses are Dala horses, a traditional swedish craft that started as handmade toys. Would love to know if there were made in China or Sweden as there is a huge debate about outsourcing such a national craft.)
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    08/25/09

    @snugbug: I went there too! And to the Ikea stores in London and Prague. This was years ago, and I have a good explanations for this confession. In Stockholm, I was with a Swedish friend who was college-aged and buying cheap shit for his new apartment. In London and Prague, I was with Swedish people who required food items that they could easily find in the little market inside the store. (Nothing like cheap caviar in a tube, I guess, to be spread on rye crostini, for breakfast no less.)
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    Image of Unsolicited Advice Unsolicited Advice
    08/25/09

    In reply to Ikea Is the Disney World of China
    I'm going to assume that this is all just an elaborate, belated music video for The Faint's "Agenda Suicide."
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