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Deleted user 18 January 2005 11:28:32

Last night I managed to put together a cabinet for the DVD, Video and the Amp with not too much trouble and it actually works and is sturdy. I am Teh wiN!

I'm starting to like all this flat pack stuff, am I losing it?

Mike_Hunt 18 Jan 2005 11:29:51 23,524 posts
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You already lost your "right to bear testicles" when you wandered around IKEA with a rather camp yellow bag.

[MH]

Deleted user 18 January 2005 11:31:22

I hate flat pack. It's absolutely fine untli you decide to move flat, then it all falls apart and won't go back together poperly again.

Well worth spending a little bit extra and getting some proper stuff IMO.

Deleted user 18 January 2005 11:32:08

You're losing it if you bought an electric screwdriver for a flat pack set.

Deleted user 18 January 2005 11:35:50

kalel wrote:
Well worth spending a little bit extra and getting some proper stuff IMO.

Twenty five squids for the cabinet I wanted and it's fine, can't see myself moving any time soon and for what it does it's perfect.

You already lost your "right to bear testicles" when you wandered around IKEA with a rather camp yellow bag.

Ah but you see me and my missus agreed online what we wanted before hand and she walked around the place enjoying herself while I spent the day at work, not enjoying myself but happy in the knowledge that I wasn't traipsing around Ikea at a stupid canter.

ssuellid 18 Jan 2005 11:39:48 19,142 posts
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There is a technique to shopping at Ikea. First you need to know exactly what you want and then you just go to then go straight to the warehouse and ask one of the helpers where everything is. Then pick the queue with the nicest looking woman at the back of the queue and stare at her arse for twenty minutes.

Deleted user 18 January 2005 11:44:14

ssuellid wrote:
There is a technique to shopping at Ikea. First you need to know exactly what you want and then you just go to then go straight to the warehouse and ask one of the helpers where everything is. Then pick the queue with the nicest looking woman at the back of the queue and stare at her arse for twenty minutes.

Now that is a good idea, women seem to take pleasure in the wandering aimlessly though, I just can't be doing with that. I much prefer your method.

Juninho 18 Jan 2005 11:46:15 1,825 posts
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also, its IMPOSSIBLE to go to any ikea, at any time of any day and not witness a couple arguing.

Mike_Hunt 18 Jan 2005 11:53:24 23,524 posts
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ssuellid wrote:
There is a technique to shopping at Ikea. First you need to know exactly what you want and then you just go to then go straight to the warehouse and ask one of the helpers where everything is. Then pick the queue with the nicest looking woman at the back of the queue and stare at her arse for twenty minutes.

Yeah, I tried that, only to be told that I had to get a picking list printed from the appropriate department and then return to the warehouse.

Not.Happy.

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Deleted user 18 January 2005 11:56:17

Juninho wrote:
also, its IMPOSSIBLE to go to any ikea, at any time of any day and not witness a couple arguing.

Yeah, and the weekend traffic jams dont help lift any moods b4 entering...

Tricky 18 Jan 2005 12:36:11 5,088 posts
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Madder Max wrote:

Juninho wrote:
also, its IMPOSSIBLE to go to any ikea, at any time of any day and not witness a couple arguing.

Yeah, and the weekend traffic jams dont help lift any moods b4 entering...

Anyone going anywhere near IKEA at the weekend deserves all they get quite frankly - especially when you can go on any weekday evening up until 9 or 10 and it's deserted.

Machiavel 18 Jan 2005 13:25:47 5,964 posts
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Mike_Hunt wrote:
You already lost your "right to bear testicles" when you wandered around IKEA with a rather camp yellow bag.

[MH]

Who needs them, with their delicious meatballs? And I'm partial to their bacon rolls as well.

/camps away

The_Lid 18 Jan 2005 13:36:28 233 posts
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ssuellid wrote:
There is a technique to shopping at Ikea. First you need to know exactly what you want and then you just go to then go straight to the warehouse and ask one of the helpers where everything is. Then pick the queue with the nicest looking woman at the back of the queue and stare at her arse for twenty minutes.

Excellent advice indeed. If there was a prize, you would have won it.

Mike_Hunt 18 Jan 2005 13:44:58 23,524 posts
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The_Lid wrote:

ssuellid wrote:
There is a technique to shopping at Ikea. First you need to know exactly what you want and then you just go to then go straight to the warehouse and ask one of the helpers where everything is. Then pick the queue with the nicest looking woman at the back of the queue and stare at her arse for twenty minutes.

Excellent advice indeed. If there was a prize, you would have won it.

I would be if it worked.

/points at previous post

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ssuellid 18 Jan 2005 13:47:15 19,142 posts
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Mike_Hunt wrote:
I would be if it worked.

/points at previous post

[MH]

Works for me. Must be a northern thing.

Spin_Dr_Wolf 18 Jan 2005 13:49:50 6,170 posts
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Mr Sleep wrote:
Last night I managed to put together a cabinet for the DVD, Video and the Amp with not too much trouble and it actually works and is sturdy. I am Teh wiN! I'm starting to like all this flat pack stuff, am I losing it?

Only if you used the instructions....

Deleted user 18 January 2005 14:01:48

Actually I followed the instruction up until I noticed they were wrong and went ahead from there. They were also insanely stupid.

Actually I was all ready to be really manly and cut some wood up to repair our knackered old shelving unit, I'd bought the wood and the saw and everything. Sadly I was usurped by this Ikea stuff.

Spin_Dr_Wolf 18 Jan 2005 14:46:40 6,170 posts
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You could make some extra shelves. You can never have too many shelves.

Deleted user 18 January 2005 14:56:29

Spin Dr Wolf wrote:
You could make some extra shelves. You can never have too many shelves.

Sadly we can't actually attach anything to the walls of our flat, so I'd have to construct an entire thing and I just can't be bothered. Plus we don't really have much space left for floor standers.

Edited by Mr Sleep at 14:56:48 18-01-2005

mojojojomo 18 Jan 2005 20:38:50 138 posts
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ssuellid wrote:
There is a technique to shopping at Ikea. First you need to know exactly what you want and then you just go to then go straight to the warehouse and ask one of the helpers where everything is. Then pick the queue with the nicest looking woman at the back of the queue and stare at her arse for twenty minutes.

haha, wise words for all men,

i'm of the SAS style of shopping myself, in and out in 30 seconds!

/HATES shopping

Spin_Dr_Wolf 18 Jan 2005 20:47:49 6,170 posts
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Hyoushi wrote:

mojojojomo wrote:
i'm of the SAS style of shopping myself, in and out in 30 seconds!
Sooo, I guess you think shopping is like making love to a beautiful woman then.

/handbags

lmao !

mojojojomo 18 Jan 2005 20:49:08 138 posts
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Hyoushi wrote:

mojojojomo wrote:
i'm of the SAS style of shopping myself, in and out in 30 seconds!
Sooo, I guess you think shopping is like making love to a beautiful woman then.

hang on there Don Juan... 30 seconds?? think i'm superman or something ;-)