Somehow I'm thinking the football hooligan segment doesn't intersect very much with the "I want a purple, plastic writing desk called Flörgen*" segment.









*Note: The word Flörgen is a fabrication by the author of this post. Any resemblence to any Scandanavian insults to your mother, living or dead, are purely a coincidence.

I think I have to credit the idiots outside the store for the deaths, not inside. A free couch shouldn't make people crazy enough to kill each other. I do love Ikea, furniture though.

Yes, the people who did it deserve blame. However, if I organized an event where people were trampled to death, I wouldn't organize a simliar event and then act shocked when people get trampled.

Yes, that's a good point. One wonders though, if they did try to make changes to ensure safety.

Here's where I admit I searched IKEA's website for a plastic writing desk so I could say "Florgen, how ridiculous - it's really called <blank>." But they don't have any plastic writing desks.

Now I have Claire's word in my head - Whateverishly. :p

Bwahahaha......one at a time....you'll all have that word stuck in your head.....one by one!!!

And I wish it was my word. The credit belongs to David Sedaris. :) It just so fits me somehow--pretty much my philosophy on living in one nonsensical word.

And Portlanders really want an Ikea, by the way. Badly. Every week for years, there's been Ikea-Runs organized on Craigslist for Portlanders heading to Seattle. The City of Portland's been a real pain in the ass for Ikea to work with financially, so it seems we'll never get one. :rolleyes: Way to go, Portland! Discourage that growth, push the big businesses to the freaking suburbs!

I've stopped going to Ikea sales. (You know, technically our Ikea is in Renton, not Seattle.) Actually, I've stopped going to most sales in general. It's too much hassle and always seems to bring out the worst in patrons and employees alike. Frankly, it's worth it to me to pay more.

Or I just buy online.

You know, proper queueing would help. Why have just a door? Why not set up a queue at LEAST long enough to accommodate the vouchers, and make it narrow enough to discourage passing/cutting.

Ok, now I'm certain that when they do open an IKEA in Portland, people will die. :eek:

Seriously Claire, I can totally see myself using "whateverishly", as in "I felt whateverishly about it." I love David Sedaris. :cool:

They don't call us "Little Beirut" for nothing :eek: