Great store!! They have lots of great stuff besides furniture. If I had to pick one furniture/household item store to go to, it would be Ikea. I am part Swedish, so where else would I go!! You should check it out Trix, oh, and bring a change of pants (just in case!!) :D
Ahh, the meatballs, I swear no matter how much you chew them, they reform as soon as they get into your stomach, and from there. . . Well, anyway they are good!!
You know, I used to love these freaking swedes and their nice and inexpensive things but the last couch I got from them turned out to be an gigantic piece of cheap crap so no love anymore.
ikea actually has a “special naming system” for their products:
ex: “A well known example was the bed frame GUTVIK . As the word can be pronounced Gootfick it invites German-speaking people to understand it like gut fick which means “good fuck” in German.”
That is a misquote!!! ... Because IKEA is a world-wide company working in several countries with several different languages, sometimes the Nordic naming leads to problems where the word means something completely different to the product. A well known example was the bed frame GUTVIK . As the word can be pronounced Gootfick it invites German-speaking people to understand it like gut fick which means “good fuck” in German.
I never thought about the names of the items? But I do love my “billy” and my “not” (bookcase and lamp) I have had the bookcase for about 15 years, the furniture holds up great as long as you don’t move it around to much.
Possibly just a coincidence? If they had to worry about how the names would translate in the language of countries where their goods are sold, that would be a very time consuming task. Just a thought…
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Whats so special about this store? There’s one opening near where I live, and people are freakin camping out at the place!
have u never been?
apparently he hasn’t…
fınd what ı want….
I have not
ah, i see…
well my friend, your life thus far will now be known as ‘pre-Ikea’
Haha well I’ll have to make a trip there one day
yeah, don’t expect to shit ur pants or anything, but they do have some cool stuff.
What? I shit my pants when ever I go to IKEA .
Hmmm…
Well take some free advice, stop eating breakfast there!
Yeah sorry I don’t eat at IKEA . Cheap food=disgusting! Okay well most of the time that is.
I LOVE their specialties! Meatballs… cakes… yum!
You’ve got to love ikea meatbvalls and chips, with a good helping of swedish gravy and of course the inevitable ‘BERRIES?’.
It’s junk, I know – but it’s damn good junk.
My mom actually brought the meatballs home and I wasnt too fond of the taste. What can I say I am the pickiest eater ever.
Great store!! They have lots of great stuff besides furniture. If I had to pick one furniture/household item store to go to, it would be Ikea. I am part Swedish, so where else would I go!! You should check it out Trix, oh, and bring a change of pants (just in case!!) :D
Ahh, the meatballs, I swear no matter how much you chew them, they reform as soon as they get into your stomach, and from there. . . Well, anyway they are good!!
You know, I used to love these freaking swedes and their nice and inexpensive things but the last couch I got from them turned out to be an gigantic piece of cheap crap so no love anymore.
Well atleast it was a good looking cheap piece of crap, wasn’t it?
Let’s see cream colored cushions, gray and brown cat. Sure they did, for 2 days.
There’s a nice song ‘bout IKEA furniture.
I just fo there to buy mass amounts of crap I don’t need but I want because it’s colourful and has funny names.
I’m addicted to their lamps!
ikea actually has a “special naming system” for their products: ex: “A well known example was the bed frame GUTVIK . As the word can be pronounced Gootfick it invites German-speaking people to understand it like gut fick which means “good fuck” in German.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKEA#Product_names
That is a misquote!!! ... Because IKEA is a world-wide company working in several countries with several different languages, sometimes the Nordic naming leads to problems where the word means something completely different to the product. A well known example was the bed frame GUTVIK . As the word can be pronounced Gootfick it invites German-speaking people to understand it like gut fick which means “good fuck” in German.
:-P
Anyway: a sofa, or bed, is called GRANKULLA , which in Italian sounds like “amazing cradle”. lol
I never thought about the names of the items? But I do love my “billy” and my “not” (bookcase and lamp) I have had the bookcase for about 15 years, the furniture holds up great as long as you don’t move it around to much.
:( my apologies.
Nicha, actually I wondered if you did for joke sake, I mean, Ikea mischievously naming their items??... :-D
Possibly just a coincidence? If they had to worry about how the names would translate in the language of countries where their goods are sold, that would be a very time consuming task. Just a thought…
Sure it is like that. Who cares, anyway, if one single products makes a nation laugh, all the better :-)
:D
My best friend’s girlfriend keeps dragging him to Ikea and making him buy stuff he can’t afford. sigh
well that doesn’t sound like a woman at all…
What if your boyfriend always drags you to Ikea to buy things you could live without?...
Then he would be the perfect man for me.
:-D I can clone it for you!
I love going to this place and just looking at all the furniture I wish I could afford
Yeah, it's a great place to "window shop".
Ikea sux ^^ I was there yesterday..