Comments | baratron: Ikea 3, h-l & Richard 4

baratron

Ikea 3, h-l & Richard 4

Dec 02, 2007 00:11

We just got back from Ikea. SIX AND A HALF HOURS!! Plus an hour or so's travelling in either direction, making it eight and a half hours in all.

Still, we have slain the mighty Ikea beast. Achieved all of the furniture on our list except for the doors for the new BESTA and the two bedside tables to go alongside our new beds, which isn't any great ( Read more... )

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jinian December 2 2007, 06:07:06 UTC

KLAPPAR SKALBAGGE is amazing! I want his mouth to be a zipper.

baratron December 2 2007, 14:02:46 UTC

It is!

This blogger says "his mouth zips open so I can hide treasures or drugs or anything else I want to in there." (See November 26th entries). I have been quoting that at Richard ever since, and I think he's getting sick of it ;)

Do you want me to get you one next time we go to Ikea?

By the way, what kind of creature do you - in your role as a biology graduate - think he is? There is some debate about whether he's a woodlouse (not silverfish - they have a set of mandibles on the back), or some other kind of louse, or an isopod. I'm pretty sure he's not the sort of isopod that eats tongues, though.

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baratron December 2 2007, 14:25:30 UTC

I really do love strange cuddly toys! Once, I bought my ex-boyfriend a cuddly IKEA allen key (wrench) because it reminded me of him. (He had a big nose.)

memevector December 2 2007, 12:06:13 UTC

he is also the Alpha Dust Mite, and will scare away all lesser dust mites.

::amused::

lovingboth December 3 2007, 14:21:33 UTC

While I remember, the last chance to say 'I want that Archimedes' is rapidly approaching, because ebay is beckoning...

baratron December 3 2007, 20:11:25 UTC

Oh, I certainly want it - I can even give you money for it! The problem is the transportation, and I'm not sure how to solve that one.

lovingboth December 4 2007, 10:10:57 UTC

Are you around tomorrow afternoon? It'd be possible to drop it + the first IKEA bag of stuff (manuals, mostly) off then...

baratron December 4 2007, 20:13:47 UTC

Tomorrow being Wednesday? I shall be in or near home until about 4.15pm, then I am away from home until quite late. My address and phone number are in posts tagged with contact details. Email is a notoriously bad way to get any time-critical information to me, phone or SMS/text message is much better.

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