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cchris · 03-05-2004, 08:45 AM

A pearler from IKEA.

Care instructions:

Wipe clean with a damp cloth.

This product requires assembly.

It's name?

LINK

Derwood · 03-05-2004, 08:51 AM

Yeah, Ikea's Swedish names for products often fall into this category. I'm trying to remember some of the others I've seen that are equally silly.

Redlemon · 03-05-2004, 09:16 AM

Well, there was the Gutvik children's bunk bed, which evidently translates to 'good fuck' in German.

bernadette · 03-08-2004, 10:22 PM

that desk is too small, too ugly & has a stinky name to boot.

Captain Canada · 03-15-2004, 03:34 PM

That's a desk? I couldnt tell.

03-05-2004, 08:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
cchris Junkie Location: Sydney	How not to market a product. (Part one). A pearler from IKEA. Care instructions: Wipe clean with a damp cloth. This product requires assembly. It's name? LINK __________________ There's a fine line between participation and mockery

03-05-2004, 08:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
Derwood Who You Crappin? Location: Everywhere and Nowhere	Yeah, Ikea's Swedish names for products often fall into this category. I'm trying to remember some of the others I've seen that are equally silly. __________________ "You can't shoot a country until it becomes a democracy." - Willravel

03-05-2004, 09:16 AM	#3 (permalink)
Redlemon Devoted Donor Location: New England	Well, there was the Gutvik children's bunk bed, which evidently translates to 'good fuck' in German. __________________ I can't read your signature. Sorry.

03-08-2004, 10:22 PM	#4 (permalink)
bernadette ::::::::::::::::::::::::: :. Location: this ain't kansas, toto	that desk is too small, too ugly & has a stinky name to boot. __________________ .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.

03-15-2004, 03:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
Captain Canada Addict Location: University of North Carolina at Greensboro	That's a desk? I couldnt tell.