What did you do in the Battle of Edmonton?

[anattic]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4252421.stm

Midnight last night, Ikea opened a new store in North London. They were offering cheap 'first-night' deals on their unique brand of reconditioned transport pallets. Unfortunately, they misjudged the demand for badly-cut lengths of pine since 4000 people turned up. The result was chaos - cars abandoned on the North Circular and 20 injuries due to head exhaustion, 'crush' injuries and 1 stabbing.

As you may have gathered, I don't like Ikea furniture. Like going to the dentist, it's a necessary evil for those with a chronic need for cheap bookshelves (not forgetting baskets and candles).

But, a stabbing! For furniture! It boggles the mind...

 

[rynnor]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4252421.stm
The result was chaos - cars abandoned on the North Circular and 20 injuries due to head exhaustion, 'crush' injuries and 1 stabbing.

But, a stabbing! For furniture! It boggles the mind...

The stabbing was just in the area and un-related - thats a pretty quiet night for Edmonton - theres murders pretty regularly like the burnt corpse found in a suitcase on Edmonton green station a month or two back...

I cant say why people would want crappy Ikea furniture - maybe it was cheaper than firewood...

 

[Brynn]

 

[Tilda]

See thats why they were rushing!
Do they do postal delivery?

 

[pcg79]

wow so much hassle over a few bits of cheap furniture.

i live a few minutes away from there though! good thing i didnt go down!

 

[DaGaffer]

When I die and go to Hell, I just know that its going to be an endless trip to Ikea.

 

[Gog]

When I die and go to Hell, I just know that its going to be an endless trip to Ikea.

I live 5 minutes away from the Croydon Ikea. It's like living in hell every Sunday - worse on a Bank Holiday Monday

Worse still, the missus spent £1500 a fortnight ago buying Ikea sofas and chairs

 

[Bodhi]

You gotta admit it just isn't Easter without a trip to Ikea.

 

[Wij]

You gotta admit it just isn't Easter without a trip to Ikea.

HEHE

 

[DaGaffer]

Ha! Obviously the BBC feel the same way as I do:

If Dante had written his Inferno today, he might have added a tenth circle of hell - visiting Ikea on a Sunday.

 

[anattic]

Tis ages old, but I was reminded of this...

 

[Sockstuff]

I killed some Ewoks...









































or was that Endor?