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    IKEA...shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

    Monday, October 22, 2007 - 02:12 AM

    Today's IKEA strip isn't the first Sheldon toon about that Swedish emporium of awesomeness. Check out these previous IKEA toons from days past: 1, 2, 3, 4.

    When I'm looking through the Sheldon archives, I often notice that I poke fun at stuff I really and truly love.

    Today's cartoon is a perfect example: it looks like I'm being harsh on IKEA...when in fact that store is one of my secret loves in life. And I do mean love. It combines, like, fifteen things that make me smile: ridiculous naming systems, super fatty meatballs sent straight from heaven, and fun little Disneyland rides for your shopping cart. That place is both ridiculous....and ridiculously rad.

    (Sidenote: I could probably do a whole week's worth of cartoons on that IKEA piston machine that they have at every store....you know the one. It sits there, poundin' away at a chair for 10,000 hours. Thus proving that, if your butt is shaped and performs like a steel pneumatic piston, an IKEA chair is ready to take the punishment.)

    Hey! In other news! My wife's episode of "How I Met Your Mother" is tonight! Check your local listings...but it should be on at 8:00, Monday night on CBS. When you see her name, please clap heartily.

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    Detailed Strip Info

    Do you need a guide to Ikea?
    strip info approved by Molly
    Panel Dialogue Location Props
    1 NARRATOR: A guide to every IKEA shopping day you've ever had
    nonspecific (white background)
    2 NARRATOR: Begin shopping. Grab either the gigantic, floppy shopping bag that doesn't hold anything...
    GRAMP (spilling items from bag):
    Store (IKEA)
    • Bag
    3 NARRATOR: ...or grab that super giganto cart normally used by dock workers
    Store (IKEA)
    • Cart
    4 NARRATOR: Walk around the IKEA maze for hours. Begin to wonder if this was the maze the Greeks used to hold the minotaur.
    Minotaur: I can't get out either! But these Glörg tables are adorable!
    GRAMP:
    Store (IKEA)
    5 NARRATOR: Put your cart into the special cart escalator. Daydream about riding it down.
    ARTHUR (musing): ...that'd be rad.
    Store (IKEA)
    • Cart (on escalator)
    6 NARRATOR: On your way out, take a break with loganberry preserves
    ARTHUR: What the heck IS a loganberry?
    SHELDON (dubious): Dunno. ...A berry grown by Wolverine?
    Store (IKEA)
    • Plate (piled with loganberries)
    7 NARRATOR: Spend 4 hours building a bookshelf, following instructions from THIS guy
    Demonstrator (illustration from IKEA instructions): I can make you feel inadequate... without using words!
    nonspecific (white background)
    8 NARRATOR: And then... ta-da! You're finished!
    SHELDON: Oop. Wait. One shelf is crooked.
    GRAMP: >sigh< Let's finish it tomorrow.
    THE HOUSE
    • Bookcase
    9 NARRATOR: And it never gets fixed. The end.
    THE HOUSE
    • Bookcase (filled with books etc, one crooked shelf)

    Character Info

    NARRATOR
    First Appearance
    Well who is this?
    Recent Appearances
    June 01, 2006
    Cart
    First Appearance
    What if Shakespeare didn't create those new words?
    Recent Appearances
    What if Shakespeare didn't create those new words?
    GRAMP
    First Appearance
    December 01, 2001
    Recent Appearances
    June 03, 2006
    Demonstrator (illustration from IKEA instructions)
    First Appearance
    Do you need a guide to Ikea?
    Recent Appearances
    Do you need a guide to Ikea?
    SHELDON
    First Appearance
    Well who is this?
    Recent Appearances
    May 07, 2006
    ARTHUR
    First Appearance
    December 10, 2001
    Recent Appearances
    May 07, 2006
    Minotaur
    First Appearance
    Do you need a guide to Ikea?
    Recent Appearances
    Do you need a guide to Ikea?
    Flaco
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