rip Ikea founder Kamprad dies at 91

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The Swedish founder of the Ikea furniture chain, Ingvar Kamprad, has died at the age of 91, the company has announced.

 

Mr Kamprad died at his home in Småland, Ikea confirmed in a statement.

 

The company said that Mr Kamprad was "one of the greatest entrepreneurs of the 20th century".

 

The Ikea founder had faced questions over his past links to the Nazis, which he referred to as the "greatest mistake" of his life.

 

Source: BBC

 

Who hasn't got Ikea stuff in their home?

[metallithrax]

48 minutes ago, Steven P. said:

Who hasn't got Ikea stuff in their home?

Me

[Steven P. Administrators]

Just now, metallithrax said:

Me

Okay 

[metallithrax]

6 minutes ago, Steven P. said:

Okay 

Never even been in an Ikea store.

[CrashG]

Got a few things from Ikea, but hate the stores. Has that Rat in a Maze vibe.

[LimeMaster]

I wonder if his family will have to assemble his coffin themselves.

[Steven P. Administrators]

7 minutes ago, LimeMaster said:

I wonder if his family will have to assemble his coffin themselves.

[HawkMan]

15 minutes ago, CrashGordon said:

Got a few things from Ikea, but hate the stores. Has that Rat in a Maze vibe.

IKEA unlike most similar large stores actually have shortcuts though. most even have them marked as shortcuts. 

[CrashG]

So it's a maze with shortcuts, that makes it better how?

 

[+Raze Subscriber²]

33 minutes ago, CrashGordon said:

So it's a maze with shortcuts, that makes it better how?

 

You can get to the cheese faster. 

[Steven P. Administrators]

1 minute ago, Raze said:

You can get to the cheese faster. 

Don't you mean meatballs?

[Morisato]

16 minutes ago, Steven P. said:

Don't you mean meatballs?

I LOVE Swedish meatballs... Especially the time when they served it as horse meat before being recalled back in 2013.

[PsYcHoKiLLa]

8 minutes ago, Morisato said:

I LOVE Swedish meatballs... Especially the time when they served it as horse meat before being recalled back in 2013.

There's neigh way I would eat that.

[Mando]

7 hours ago, metallithrax said:

Me

+1 its crap, nothing better than Argos cheapo self build MDF. 

 

I really dont get why the masses rate it.

6 hours ago, LimeMaster said:

I wonder if his family will have to assemble his coffin themselves.

And half the panels will be missing, along with the handles screw fixtures  probs has a "funky name" like Korpser

[FloatingFatMan]

1 hour ago, Mando said:

And half the panels will be missing, along with the handles screw fixtures  probs has a "funky name" like Korpser

Bah... All those wonderful jokes I could have told, pre-empted by a blasted Scotsman! Damn you, Mando! Damn you all to Ikea!  

[techbeck]

Ikea...went there a few times when I lived in AZ.  Some cool stuff but a lot not real quality.

[CrossCheck]

On 1/28/2018 at 12:51 PM, Mando said:

+1 its crap, nothing better than Argos cheapo self build MDF. 

 

I really dont get why the masses rate it.

And half the panels will be missing, along with the handles screw fixtures  probs has a "funky name" like Korpser

 

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Some IKEA items are very nice (feather pillows ). The furniture is disposable for the most part. It barely lasts longer than 3-5 years.