June 22, 2014 - Crash pad

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25 comments

Jan

This one comes from personal experience where friends or family I'm visiting tend to go out of their way to be as accommodating as possible, despite me telling them not to do so. There was even one time an entire basement (where the guest room was) was renovated ahead of my stay... o_O

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NineTailArchMageChefAlchemist • 06/22/2014

Ikea... ugh...

LeviWolstrom • 06/22/2014

I think you can go ahead and shorten that to Ike-ugh. That specifically hasn't happened, but I do recall being part of an effort to assemble a grill upon arrival.

Which one gets the floor and which sleeps outside?

Muddypaws • 06/22/2014

LOL... could be worse... it could be a kid's Bicycle!

Jade • 06/22/2014

If Assembly D is correct, Slot K is obvious, all you need to do is align Tab B, making it Assembly E, and bolt it to Assembly A to E creating Assembly F. Simplicity itself!

soriac • 06/22/2014

The best way for me to assemble anything from ikea is to take some hints from the pictures (namely how it should look when finished), ignore the written assembly instructions and put it together on my own guessing. Usually it works much better this way and is even more stable. Cause it's Murphys Law "makeshift: nothing lasts longer" :-)

soriac • 06/22/2014

PS: what, Shiera? All days long and not even the beds are made? (evil grin and running from angry lioness...)

Ilnara • 06/22/2014

Number One Rule : Unless you have personally seen that something is done, never state that something has been done. Almost guaranteed that it wasn't done and won't be done until six hours after you arrive and work hard to make sure it is done.

Hallan • 06/22/2014

Personally, I've never had a problem putting IKEA stuff together... It plays to my organized and methodical nature, I guess. Nevertheless, it's good to see these guys back in the comics, and I love your art style, Jan. Keep up the great work!

SpikerDragon95 • 06/22/2014

waaaait!! he's driving a Honda Civic?!... v... v... V!... VTEC KICKED IN. YO!!!!1! ... sorry X3

Interstate2011 • 06/22/2014

This is so gonna be good. I wonder how Wolf is doing.

Jan • 06/22/2014

@SpikerDragon95 Ha, I didn't think anyone would recognize the make of car :) Geez you guys are good XD

Sonic Wolfe • 06/22/2014

Oh my... I love "IDEA" stuffs. Need a help on how to get it assembled? That is not a women's job you know. (Man think 3D, woman use landmark, that also why woman tend to get lost when drving.....)

Silverwolf • 06/22/2014

I could imagine Wolf getting involved at some point with the assembly, probably with thermite welding.

Ålsø, if they gøt this frøm a pårødy versiøn øf Ikea, shøüldn't there be søme speciålly åccented chåracters? (Although I noticed that if the name of something in the Ikea catalog has an accented character, it tends to be ten dollars more expensive.)

FTL • 06/23/2014

When several of my friends buy "IDEA" stuff, suddenly it becomes time to invite me over to 'visit'... they seem to reckon I have a black-belt in "IDEA" construction.... oddly, I do not own a single piece of their furniture and have never been to an "IDEA" store!

Now I have a certain Jonathan Cloulton song stuck in my head....

Englishwolf • 06/23/2014

I can't believe I read all the comics you made from the first one to the last one in two days, I was hooked as soon as I read them keep it up love them :)

AkiraFireheart • 06/24/2014

@Jan: At least Phil doesn't drive a Mustang... Every time someone over 5' is in the back seat of mine, their head is on the back window!

Dakota • 06/24/2014

I'm wondering how Wolf's gonna enter this comic

Machete Tigre • 06/25/2014

"At least Phil doesn't drive a Mustang" That would be far too punny if he did

AkiraFireheart • 06/26/2014

@Machete Wow... I didn't even put that together until you said something :D

Vanbael • 06/26/2014

I am amused every time I visit IDEA with the silly names they give their items. Hopefully Shiera doesn't lose a screw or any of the like, spent 15 minutes trying to find a disk like thingy once...

Mr.Phox • 06/28/2014

Lol IKEA's stuff. How to create a life size replica of the Titanic with what suppose to be a sofa.

SpikerDragon95 • 06/29/2014

@Jan well buddy you're talking with someone who live around with 23 cars X3 for the next time draw a 1984 Nissan Junior in the background ewe

Muddypaws • 07/06/2014

Loofah? Oh lord :-). Bwahahahahahaha

Cpt. Obvious • 08/06/2017

What I finds amazing about IDEA is the amount of work they put into the assembly instructions. They test all these instructions on people who never saw the product before, and tweak it until it's considered fool proof, and yet you always hear people talking about how they are next to impossible to follow.

People has even started businesses that will collect the furniture of your choice from IDEA, transport it to your door and assemble it, all for a fee of course. I know at least one such company actually had an agreement with IDEA and got work sent their way whenever some potential customer seemed uncertain about assembling the furniture.

I don't think people are to stupid to follow instructions, nor do i think all the stories about missing parts are true either. But having written user guides I know it's next to impossible to write something that no one will be able to misinterpret, and as for parts, as soon as the plastic bags are open those screws will scurry for safety...

Fletcher_Crane • 07/27/2020

Haha! As someone who worked 'R' Us stores, I am proficient in assembling both furniture (IKEA included) AND children's bicycles!

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