Comments on: Ikea is for Douchebags Like Me http://www.annietown.com/2008/03/24/ikea-is-for-douchebags-like-me/ Annie Choi wants to fill your brain with words. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:03:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: annie http://www.annietown.com/2008/03/24/ikea-is-for-douchebags-like-me/#comment-5214 annie Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:21:57 +0000 http://www.annietown.com/2008/03/24/ikea-is-for-douchebags-like-me/#comment-5214 Alex: The word moist is just a gross word. It's the 'moi' sound in the beginning I think. And the mmm sound too. It's a very squishy sounding word that gets pinched off at the end. Panties is ok though. I like to say it like paahhhnties because it is funnier. Alex: The word moist is just a gross word. It’s the ‘moi’ sound in the beginning I think. And the mmm sound too. It’s a very squishy sounding word that gets pinched off at the end. Panties is ok though. I like to say it like paahhhnties because it is funnier.

]]> By: Alex http://www.annietown.com/2008/03/24/ikea-is-for-douchebags-like-me/#comment-5213 Alex Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:07:12 +0000 http://www.annietown.com/2008/03/24/ikea-is-for-douchebags-like-me/#comment-5213 <i>What about møist as a Ikea name? Ew.</i> Ha -- you're not one of those people who gets squicked out at the word "moist," are you? One of my friends announced once at happy hour that the two words she couldn't stand hearing were "moist" and "panties." I had no idea prior to then that anybody could have a strong reaction to either of those words, but I've encountered others since, so apparently it's not so weird after all. OK, no, it's still weird, but at least she's not the only one. Anyway, the rest of us now look for any opportunity to use "moist," "panties," or "moist panties" in conversation with her. Good times. What about møist as a Ikea name? Ew.

Ha — you’re not one of those people who gets squicked out at the word “moist,” are you? One of my friends announced once at happy hour that the two words she couldn’t stand hearing were “moist” and “panties.” I had no idea prior to then that anybody could have a strong reaction to either of those words, but I’ve encountered others since, so apparently it’s not so weird after all. OK, no, it’s still weird, but at least she’s not the only one. Anyway, the rest of us now look for any opportunity to use “moist,” “panties,” or “moist panties” in conversation with her. Good times.

]]> By: annie http://www.annietown.com/2008/03/24/ikea-is-for-douchebags-like-me/#comment-5208 annie Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:27:49 +0000 http://www.annietown.com/2008/03/24/ikea-is-for-douchebags-like-me/#comment-5208 Renato: I love going to bars and seeing books used as decoration. It's a little disturbing. I mean when I go to a library i don't see beer used as a decoration, but I bet you if they did, more people would go to the library. Alex: My bed happens to be made of "real wood." That is what the description says. Next time my landlord doesn't turn on the heater, I'll just burn my bed for heat. What about møist as a Ikea name? Ew. Ian: I need a office ninja, housecleaning ninja, make my neighbors shut up ninja, and a lemur ninja because lemurs are very cool. Doretta: Oh dear. When my parents moved they gave my childhood furniture to some other kid. Poor kid. Justin: You are very, very, very lucky. Avoid it at all costs. Do not be fooled! Do not give in! Cindy: That douche who runs that site got a $300,000 BOOK DEAL! That's a THREE with FIVE ZEROS after it. It's funny but it's not 300k funny. Simon: Landlords are douchey and want to stick everything to the tenant, it is so irritating. It's like hey, this place is a dump. If you lived here, you'd know that. I had to sue an old landlord because he kept my entire security deposit because he claimed I didn't use shower curtains and ruined the walls in the bathroom. Totally absurd. I won. That guy was the mayor of douche city. Pedro: Dude, tell me about it. Delivery in NY is about 50 pounds (100 usd). The worst is that after you get it all, you have to put it together. Oh well, at least you have furniture. Renato: I love going to bars and seeing books used as decoration. It’s a little disturbing. I mean when I go to a library i don’t see beer used as a decoration, but I bet you if they did, more people would go to the library.

Alex: My bed happens to be made of “real wood.” That is what the description says. Next time my landlord doesn’t turn on the heater, I’ll just burn my bed for heat. What about møist as a Ikea name? Ew.

Ian: I need a office ninja, housecleaning ninja, make my neighbors shut up ninja, and a lemur ninja because lemurs are very cool.

Doretta: Oh dear. When my parents moved they gave my childhood furniture to some other kid. Poor kid.

Justin: You are very, very, very lucky. Avoid it at all costs. Do not be fooled! Do not give in!

Cindy: That douche who runs that site got a $300,000 BOOK DEAL! That’s a THREE with FIVE ZEROS after it. It’s funny but it’s not 300k funny.

Simon: Landlords are douchey and want to stick everything to the tenant, it is so irritating. It’s like hey, this place is a dump. If you lived here, you’d know that. I had to sue an old landlord because he kept my entire security deposit because he claimed I didn’t use shower curtains and ruined the walls in the bathroom. Totally absurd. I won. That guy was the mayor of douche city.

Pedro: Dude, tell me about it. Delivery in NY is about 50 pounds (100 usd). The worst is that after you get it all, you have to put it together. Oh well, at least you have furniture.

]]> By: Pedro http://www.annietown.com/2008/03/24/ikea-is-for-douchebags-like-me/#comment-5196 Pedro Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:49:48 +0000 http://www.annietown.com/2008/03/24/ikea-is-for-douchebags-like-me/#comment-5196 I had to go to IKEA this morning to buy some stuff to my "furnished" rented apartment because the british concept for "furnished" it is quite interesting and also because I am an architect and wanted to have some more stuff. I was quite happy because IKEA here in UK has "home delivery" so if you don't have a way to get a car it is very useful. After picking up evertything I nedd, I went to the paycashier. First thing I did was to ask if it was possible to do "home delivery". Lady said "yes, you pay your stuff here then you go over there and ask for it, I don't know the price". So I paid for my things and went to the "home delivery" desk. Surprise was that the minimun rate for that service is 30 pounds (around 60 US $). I was shocked and with a huge amount of things I could not carry on my own and no other solution that accept that fare. I think that's not an IKEA cheap price. Only good thing it was that they said it was going to be same day delivery, first at 16pm, never happened, then 18pm never happened, and now 21 pm. I am douchebag too!!!!!! I had to go to IKEA this morning to buy some stuff to my “furnished” rented apartment because the british concept for “furnished” it is quite interesting and also because I am an architect and wanted to have some more stuff.

I was quite happy because IKEA here in UK has “home delivery” so if you don’t have a way to get a car it is very useful.

After picking up evertything I nedd, I went to the paycashier. First thing I did was to ask if it was possible to do “home delivery”. Lady said “yes, you pay your stuff here then you go over there and ask for it, I don’t know the price”.
So I paid for my things and went to the “home delivery” desk. Surprise was that the minimun rate for that service is 30 pounds (around 60 US $). I was shocked and with a huge amount of things I could not carry on my own and no other solution that accept that fare. I think that’s not an IKEA cheap price.

Only good thing it was that they said it was going to be same day delivery, first at 16pm, never happened, then 18pm never happened, and now 21 pm.

I am douchebag too!!!!!!

]]> By: simon http://www.annietown.com/2008/03/24/ikea-is-for-douchebags-like-me/#comment-5188 simon Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:32:57 +0000 http://www.annietown.com/2008/03/24/ikea-is-for-douchebags-like-me/#comment-5188 I have a friend who used to live in a 180 year old convict built sandstone in Balmain Sydney. Actually he lived in the front room because the whole house had been split up into about eight seperate apartments. It was probably about as big as your place. I built a bed for him made of beams suspended from the opposite walls of the broom cupboard that was one of two 'spaces' that he chose to use as a bedroom. This was so he could use all the space under it as an office. It looked great and then the landlord found out because the nieghbours complained about the sound of masonary drills. He got booted out a week after it went up and week later the landlord pulled it down and threatened to sue my friend for the 'damage' (six tiny drill holes) to his heritage listed house. Sorry eight apartments. The f'wit could have got more rent with the extra space! We had to laugh though at the distress we had obviously caused him but I still can't get past his problem considering the amount of plumbing and drilling need to convert it into apartments in the first place. Some people just want you to got IKEA. I have a friend who used to live in a 180 year old convict built sandstone in Balmain Sydney. Actually he lived in the front room because the whole house had been split up into about eight seperate apartments. It was probably about as big as your place.
I built a bed for him made of beams suspended from the opposite walls of the broom cupboard that was one of two ’spaces’ that he chose to use as a bedroom. This was so he could use all the space under it as an office.
It looked great and then the landlord found out because the nieghbours complained about the sound of masonary drills. He got booted out a week after it went up and week later the landlord pulled it down and threatened to sue my friend for the ‘damage’ (six tiny drill holes) to his heritage listed house. Sorry eight apartments.
The f’wit could have got more rent with the extra space! We had to laugh though at the distress we had obviously caused him but I still can’t get past his problem considering the amount of plumbing and drilling need to convert it into apartments in the first place. Some people just want you to got IKEA.

]]> By: cindy http://www.annietown.com/2008/03/24/ikea-is-for-douchebags-like-me/#comment-5152 cindy Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:13:25 +0000 http://www.annietown.com/2008/03/24/ikea-is-for-douchebags-like-me/#comment-5152 hi annie - maybe you would enjoy this post: http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/79-modern-furniture/ with the ikea furniture and new chair, you're living the dream. ;) hi annie - maybe you would enjoy this post:

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/79-modern-furniture/

with the ikea furniture and new chair, you’re living the dream. ;)

]]> By: Justin http://www.annietown.com/2008/03/24/ikea-is-for-douchebags-like-me/#comment-5150 Justin Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:34:51 +0000 http://www.annietown.com/2008/03/24/ikea-is-for-douchebags-like-me/#comment-5150 I've never been to Ikea. Yay! I’ve never been to Ikea. Yay!

]]> By: Doretta http://www.annietown.com/2008/03/24/ikea-is-for-douchebags-like-me/#comment-5148 Doretta Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:12:58 +0000 http://www.annietown.com/2008/03/24/ikea-is-for-douchebags-like-me/#comment-5148 You know what's sad? I miss my Ikea couch--I did a lot of writing on it. Now I am sleeping on a bed that I got when I was seven years old and it's smaller than that couch. I hazard to say that my bed is much smaller than your apartment :p You know what’s sad? I miss my Ikea couch–I did a lot of writing on it.

Now I am sleeping on a bed that I got when I was seven years old and it’s smaller than that couch. I hazard to say that my bed is much smaller than your apartment :p

]]> By: Ian http://www.annietown.com/2008/03/24/ikea-is-for-douchebags-like-me/#comment-5121 Ian Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:00:17 +0000 http://www.annietown.com/2008/03/24/ikea-is-for-douchebags-like-me/#comment-5121 annie, you should hire the mall ninja to do your shopping @ ikea...http://lonelymachines.org/mall-ninjas/ click if you dare...(*dissapears into a cloud of pink and black smoke*) annie, you should hire the mall ninja to do your shopping @ ikea…http://lonelymachines.org/mall-ninjas/ click if you dare…(*dissapears into a cloud of pink and black smoke*)

]]> By: Alex http://www.annietown.com/2008/03/24/ikea-is-for-douchebags-like-me/#comment-5117 Alex Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:30:54 +0000 http://www.annietown.com/2008/03/24/ikea-is-for-douchebags-like-me/#comment-5117 <i>"makes everyone in the world have the same crap made from Burmese rainforest trees"</i> I think it's mostly glued-together sawdust and micron-thin pine veneer. Yeah, I do own two bookcases from there, but I'm not crazy about them. Their lighting department is moderately interesting, though. An acquaintance of mine once speculated about making up parody labels for their stuff and swapping them in, with such item names as "Spooge", "Fnord", "Colon", "Poontang," and "Smear." “makes everyone in the world have the same crap made from Burmese rainforest trees”

I think it’s mostly glued-together sawdust and micron-thin pine veneer. Yeah, I do own two bookcases from there, but I’m not crazy about them. Their lighting department is moderately interesting, though.

An acquaintance of mine once speculated about making up parody labels for their stuff and swapping them in, with such item names as “Spooge”, “Fnord”, “Colon”, “Poontang,” and “Smear.”

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