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On Friday, April 24, 2015 at 3:45:14 PM UTC-4, Paul M. Cook wrote:
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
> > We're going to be going to Ikea! I have never been in one. I used to
> > want to go but now that I can't eat the Swedish Meatballs, there is no
> > real desire to go on my part. But they are not near here and I can get a
> > ride so I shall go.
> >
> > I don't think they have anything there that I can eat in their cafe but I
> > will still go and look.
> >
> > Is there anything else I should make a point of looking at? From what I
> > have read online, I will have to wend my way through the store to get to
> > what we are going there to buy, which is a desk. I would just get it
> > online but I am not paying for it so...
> >
> > I know they have lingonberries but I am surrounded by those here anyway so
> > no need to look for those. And given the poor quality of the kitchen
> > carts that I bought a few years ago, I am leery of anything they sell.
> > The one cart seemed fine at first. But something was wrong with the
> > second one and the middle shelf/bin just wouldn't hold any weight. It
> > would immediately slide down to the bottom. And now the other one is
> > doing the same. I actually cringed when I saw them being used in a kid's
> > toy room on some house show the other day. I was like... Noooooo!
> >
> > I can't really think of a thing that I need in the kitchen department but
> > perhaps there are foods? Do they sell much in the way of foods? I am
> > mostly familiar with the furniture which for the most part I think of as
> > junk. Good looking but junk. We'll see how the desk holds up.

>
> This is perhaps your finest work yet. Imagine going to a furniture store to
> buy a particle board desk covered in a plastic picture of wood and you want
> us to believe you have concerns about shelf item foods.
>
> This one deserves an award.
>
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"Going to be going" deserves at least a literary award.