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MeganGlass 就是一个古代的三明治
12/10/08

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You know who else throws shit in a pile and loses parts?

This girl.
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Lisabel (ne: Dagnabbit)
12/09/08

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I worked at the old yellow+blue and assembling a flat pack a was part of training (not like they fired you if you didn't succeed). Seriously, every male/female team broke down this way: guys trying to shove any old pole into a hole (ahem) and women asking to see the directions and sort the pieces. So when the dude's all red-faced and sweaty, muttering "why isn't this working?", you can calmly tell him "cuz they gave us the wrong parts.

Boo. yah. Lesson learned, son.
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sorostitute
12/09/08

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I can probably start a business putting together IKEA furniture professionally. I relish the wordless challenge, un-helpful IKEA man.
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Lisabel (ne: Dagnabbit)
12/09/08

@sorostitute: Naw, they have it here (NorCal) to. Ikea hooks up with small local companies and that's all they do: assemble ikea/other flat-pack furniture for people. It's a neat little niche they've carved out, and Ikea doesn't even take a cut.
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hellosunshine
12/09/08

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Yes. I put together our coach all by my lonesome. Boyfriend likes to take credit for this. BISH PLZ.
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rmric0.wedding.photographer.and.manny
12/09/08

@hellodarling!: You have a coach, I'm jealous.
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hellosunshine
12/09/08

@rmric0.yes.we.did!:

1. I totally went back and was all "that... is not how to spell 'couch.'" FAIL.

2. I DID have a couch. When we lived in Crown Heights, we actually had a living room. Now I have a tiny bedroom and a tiny kitchen, and no uncomfortable sofabed. BUT STILL, I put that thing together all by myself!
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NewsBunny
12/09/08

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I'm so happy I 'have a man' to put furniture together now.

I am learning disabled in spatial relationships, which means I kind of see everything upside down and backwards. I still can't tell left from right.

The last IKEA thing we bought, I thought I'd help and put it together!

He had to take it apart and re-do it. Never complained.
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funnyface
12/09/08

@NewsBunny: I have like, NO spatial ability whatsoever. (I also fail at pattern recognition for those wanting to know all the ways I suck at geometry and math) But I'm usually the one to put together our IKEA shiz. I sort of enjoy the challenge. Plus, I love having something tangible that I "made" at the end of it.
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NewsBunny
12/09/08

@funnyface: I have been trying for 15 years to put my own stuff together. Trust me, It can't be done.

I also cannot assemble a simple jigsaw puzzle. Trust me.
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TheFormerJuneBronson
12/09/08

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I actually really enjoy putting flat-pack furniture together. I have way better spatial ability than Mr. JB, and like assembling things. I should really build models or something. Maybe if I'm ever an invalid.
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Mmmmkay (gellin' and Jezebelin)
12/09/08

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ooooh I totally sort the parts first. And then I count to make sure I have the exact number that the instruction manual says I should have. and then I have a beer and stand back and admire my work. THEN I start assembly.
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Jack_Burton
12/09/08

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I always use the instructions...

To predict out how many moves and earthquakes the stuff will survive.
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Sukie in the Graveyard
12/09/08

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My dad can build anything - as long as there are no directions and he can build it his way.

My mom... she thinks IKEA is a novelty. She just buys the kitchen stuff.

My boyfriend can follow the directions if I am there reading them to him. That's the ONLY way we were able to build my bed properly. dork.
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tomatoheart
12/09/08

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You know what really sucks....putting IKEA shit together BY YOURSELF. nothing really reminds you of the fact that you're totally living alone like trying to balance a queen size bed beam between your legs while gracefully hammering in the headboard. Or this weekend's disaster for me was trying to hang my own damn curtains. That really requires two people.
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mbot says Spock yeah!
12/09/08

@delicatetbone: Really? I like it. It makes me feel self sufficient. I see the drawings where it recommends two mime-cartoon-men working in tandem to prop up large furniture pieces, and I laugh and find ingenious ways to balance things on chairs. Once, I got a dresser home and found no instruction packet in the box. Then I put it together correctly on my own and was flushed with pride!

Give me an allen wrench, and I will give you a home!
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tomatoheart
12/09/08

@mbot: Yeah, that just doesn't work for me -- I am still a little scared to sleep on my bed. I think it's going to crash underneath me. I'm fine putting together the smaller things like the LACK series, but my giant $300 dresser and iron bed from ikea nearly killed me putting them together.
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dianersb was bit by a zombie
12/09/08

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Give me a tiny wrench, a set of directions with no words, and individually wrapped doodads, and I am a furniture making GENIUS!!
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water baby
12/09/08

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I'm apparently a...hermaphrodite? Cuz I'm good at putting stuff together but I always throw the pieces in a big pile and inevitably lose one for awhile.
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legallynonblonde
12/09/08

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Totally true! I am a master at assembling furniture that it takes my hubby hours to figure out and he's an ENGINEER! I am fast and accurate. I get it done!
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newgalactic
12/09/08

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This article is as ridiculous as Ron Burgundy:

"I am a man! I am an ANCHORman! [...] I'm a man who invented the wheel and built the Eiffel Tower out of metal and brawn. That's what kind of man I am. You're just a woman with a small brain. With a brain a third the size of us. It's science."
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Ipomoea
12/09/08

@newgalactic: Aw, now I want to blow off studying and watch Anchorman.
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Scout
12/09/08

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RECOG-NIZE!!!!
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