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  • We went to the newly refurbished canteen (very 'ikea') and I shook and ate and spraffed nervously and she sat and sqeaked and did the usual Morven things, then she chummed me up to wait outside my class which was nice until the girl in my class (the only one I've spoken to) came along and stood beside us.

    calmish Diary Entry calmish 2004

  • AND yes! the taste is slightly more sourish than spicy at first taste, but the longer you let the soup sit, the hotter it gets. it's call Sabaaidee Thai cuisine, it's a family restaurant with Thai chef layout: simple 'ikea' furnishing, full air-conditioned, ideal for meal with some good friends

    www.hardwarezone.com.sg 2009

  • AND yes! the taste is slightly more sourish than spicy at first taste, but the longer you let the soup sit, the hotter it gets. it's call Sabaaidee Thai cuisine, it's a family restaurant with Thai chef layout: simple 'ikea' furnishing, full air-conditioned, ideal for meal with some good friends

    www.hardwarezone.com.sg 2009

  • AND yes! the taste is slightly more sourish than spicy at first taste, but the longer you let the soup sit, the hotter it gets. it's call Sabaaidee Thai cuisine, it's a family restaurant with Thai chef layout: simple 'ikea' furnishing, full air-conditioned, ideal for meal with some good friends

    www.hardwarezone.com.sg 2009

  • I actually bought tins like in #5 at ikea once, though I don't know if they still have it or if their range of products varies in different countries ... still, those who don't feel like making them themselves might want to check it out.

    Top 10 Magnet Hacks | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • If they can do this at ikea prices, more power to them!

    AfterGlow Chair – Luminous Chair Made from Recycled Milk Jugs 2010

  • IMAGE: father's day green gift guide, green father's day, green gift guide, ikea solig light, solar garden light

    FATHER’S DAY GREEN GIFT GUIDE Solar Powered Garden Lamp from IKEA – Inhabitat 2009

  • I will accept paypal, or failing that ikea vouchers.

    It’s A Car Tyre – I Can Manage – Go Away! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • The Besta shelving shown in in the image looks a lot longer than the 23 2/3 inches that it says it is in the ikea catalog. am i just not getting a good sense of scale from the pics?

    Hidden Entryway Cat Litter Box | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • This gives me a great idea for the monitor stand I was going to make (based off the earlier ikea shelf/doorstop post).

    $8 DIY Aluminum Laptop Stand | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • The IKEA effect is a cognitive bias in which consumers place a disproportionately high value on products they partially created

    The IKEA effect - stitcher.io Dimitris Karapanos 2023

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  • October 7, 2007


  • -- from Son of Groucho - (?)

    October 12, 2007

  • Love the song; hate the idea of disposable furniture.

    October 12, 2007

  • My friends in Europe say ee-KAY-uh rather than eye-KEE-uh. I like that.

    April 6, 2008

  • Yes, I had a German exchange student who said it like that. My family has adopted it.

    April 6, 2008

  • yes, basically we pronounce it as if it were Japanese.

    April 7, 2008