Slappie 9 #1 February 10, 2005 WOW I like the Ikea store here in Houston. I've even bought some stuff from them. This is insane though!! Quote At least 22 would-be bargain-hunters suffered crush injuries and heat exhaustion as a 6,000-strong crowd forced a new Ikea superstore to close on its opening night. Cars were abandoned on London's busy North Circular road and customers were crushed in the chaos which ensued after the furniture store opened its doors at midnight. And they call us barbarians!! "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GTAVercetti 0 #2 February 10, 2005 QuoteWOW I like the Ikea store here in Houston. I've even bought some stuff from them. This is insane though!! Quote At least 22 would-be bargain-hunters suffered crush injuries and heat exhaustion as a 6,000-strong crowd forced a new Ikea superstore to close on its opening night. Cars were abandoned on London's busy North Circular road and customers were crushed in the chaos which ensued after the furniture store opened its doors at midnight. holy jesus. People are nuts. And what were CHILDREN doing at a midnight IKEA opening? here is a funny quote though: "It was just shambolic, absolutely shambolic. A lot of the security men just ran away." shambolic? -- just looked it up. British slang. Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dougiefresh 0 #3 February 10, 2005 I think I have a new favorite word.Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. --Douglas Adams Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #4 February 10, 2005 Shambolic? That has to be close to Pandelerium!I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buried 0 #5 February 10, 2005 people are crazy! in chicago we've had people stand in line for a night opening of krispy kreme.. couldn't they just drive another 10 min to get one??? Where is my fizzy-lifting drink? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjhdiver 0 #6 February 10, 2005 QuoteWOW I like the Ikea store here in Houston. I've even bought some stuff from them. And they call us barbarians!! Ha. The guys that started IKEA is a character. He's a functional alcoholic and a Nazi allegedly. Whenever I'm in Sweden, they have some great tasteless IKEA jokes. "Have you see the new IKEA lampshades ?" (Ask a Jewish person to explain that one to you) Q. How do you get your new IKEA account number ? A. Tattooed on your skin etc etc. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dougiefresh 0 #7 February 10, 2005 Quotefunctional alcoholic Isn't that a contradiction in terms?Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. --Douglas Adams Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GTAVercetti 0 #8 February 10, 2005 QuoteI think I have a new favorite word. It is a pretty good one. I shall incorporate it along with 'ginormous' and 'confusment'. Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
craichead 0 #9 February 10, 2005 QuoteI think I have a new favorite word. I heard "shambolic" for the first time last night when Simon Cowell said it about one of the group performances on American Idol. I just about died laughing! _Pm P.S. - Yeah, yeah...so I watch American Idol occasionally! __ "Scared of love, love and aeroplanes...falling out, I said takes no brains." -- Andy Partridge (XTC) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjhdiver 0 #10 February 10, 2005 QuoteQuotefunctional alcoholic Isn't that a contradiction in terms? You'd be surprised what you could do given years of practice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
