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pnwmom

(108,990 posts)
Wed Jul 19, 2017, 04:48 PM Jul 2017

IKEA alert: be careful of your "sailors"!

http://www.thelaughbible.com/brings-ikea-stool-shower-now-thousands-laughing-embarrassing-incident/

After looking at different alternatives at IKEA, he decided to go for the “Marius” stool since it was made out of steel and plastic, and was comfy.

But there was one thing that Claus had forgotten about: the stool had 8 small holes in it, something that would soon cause an uncomfortable problem. On his Norwegian Facebook page, he writes about the incident:

“Once I got home, I put my new piece of furniture in the shower and got in, this time without clothes. I calmly sat down on the stool and soaped up my whole body, including the ‘captain’ and his ‘two sailors’. As you might imagine, the sailors are what dangles between my legs, but since this is a public Facebook post I’ll stick to more flowery language.”

“So, when the deck got slippery and the captain and his crew got dizzy from all the foam, they started sliding around like drunk sailors!” Claus writes, and continues:

“Then something terrible happened."

SNIP
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IKEA alert: be careful of your "sailors"! (Original Post) pnwmom Jul 2017 OP
That's why I never go to IKEA in Norway Warren DeMontague Jul 2017 #1
LOL! "I sat there until I ran out of hot water Hortensis Jul 2017 #2
You're welcome, Hortensis. I just cracked up again, rereading that thing. pnwmom Jul 2017 #4
He teabagged his chair? WTF? bettyellen Jul 2017 #3
Doctor, there are nuts in my stool Warren DeMontague Jul 2017 #5
LOL, Warren. I knew you'd pop up here to make me laugh. bettyellen Jul 2017 #7
Dude gets serious extra credit for his use of metaphors, however. Warren DeMontague Jul 2017 #13
The Nordic sailor stuff is a bit Tom of Findland for my tastes, but that's bettyellen Jul 2017 #16
Our house has probably seven or eight of those exact stools Codeine Jul 2017 #6
please do not say "SNIP" in this context DrDan Jul 2017 #8
Lol...never cease to be amazed at people's excuses for "household incidents" Docreed2003 Jul 2017 #9
A coin once "slipped" into a boy's mouth, and got swallowed. Of course. pnwmom Jul 2017 #10
Lol, at least he didn't make change! That would be a problem! Docreed2003 Jul 2017 #11
My little sister did that -- with a tack. She didn't put it in her mouth on purpose... Hekate Jul 2017 #22
Lucky your mother found it! And least the success made her efforts worthwhile. pnwmom Jul 2017 #24
"I was vacuuming naked, and then I slipped and got sucked in Warren DeMontague Jul 2017 #12
Warren, you'd be surprised how close of a story I have to that one, lol!! Docreed2003 Jul 2017 #17
Very little surprises me anymore about the human animal Warren DeMontague Jul 2017 #19
Reminds me of that one character on "Appalachian Emergency Room" on SNL who always smirkymonkey Jul 2017 #14
Lol...great stuff.... Docreed2003 Jul 2017 #18
Jesus, you know, it's 2017. Warren DeMontague Jul 2017 #20
I know it's common and I am not trying to shame anyone. The reason the skit is funny is smirkymonkey Jul 2017 #21
I agree that it's funny. It's probably more funny because it's true. Warren DeMontague Jul 2017 #23
"Million to one shot, doc." nt Codeine Jul 2017 #15

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
1. That's why I never go to IKEA in Norway
Wed Jul 19, 2017, 05:01 PM
Jul 2017

There's always a line of soapy guys at the help desk with their nuts stuck in furniture.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
2. LOL! "I sat there until I ran out of hot water
Wed Jul 19, 2017, 05:13 PM
Jul 2017

and when the hot water runs out, you get cold."



Husband loved it. Thanks, Pnwmom.

pnwmom

(108,990 posts)
4. You're welcome, Hortensis. I just cracked up again, rereading that thing.
Wed Jul 19, 2017, 05:45 PM
Jul 2017

Sometimes we all need a laugh.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
16. The Nordic sailor stuff is a bit Tom of Findland for my tastes, but that's
Wed Jul 19, 2017, 07:06 PM
Jul 2017

Just me and my free associating brain, LOL.

 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
6. Our house has probably seven or eight of those exact stools
Wed Jul 19, 2017, 05:55 PM
Jul 2017

and four intrepid "sailors"; none of said sailors have run into this problem, but we appreciate the warning, Norwegian Man.

Docreed2003

(16,869 posts)
9. Lol...never cease to be amazed at people's excuses for "household incidents"
Wed Jul 19, 2017, 06:00 PM
Jul 2017

They never say "Doc, I was trying to shove my berries into the hole in the chair and they got stuck!" It's always, this or that just "slipped right in". I can say that fishing things out of and off of people in such circumstances has been one of the more entertaining aspects of my career.

pnwmom

(108,990 posts)
10. A coin once "slipped" into a boy's mouth, and got swallowed. Of course.
Wed Jul 19, 2017, 06:39 PM
Jul 2017

I don't remember his age, but probably 4 or 5. Old enough to know better.

It was bedtime when he told me, so it was too late to talk to the pediatrician. So I called poison control at the Children's Hospital, and they told me to check his BM's every day till it came out. And they said it could take as long as a week.

So, for the next week, I carefully collected his poops, and thoroughly dug into each and every one of them, hoping to spot the swallowed coin -- but it never emerged.

So I called the pediatrician and told her what happened, and what I'd been doing. She asked why they told me to do THAT. To make sure it came out, I replied.

And she said, "well, what would be the point? We're not going to do an operation to get a penny out."

Oh. I guess not.







Hekate

(90,769 posts)
22. My little sister did that -- with a tack. She didn't put it in her mouth on purpose...
Wed Jul 19, 2017, 07:43 PM
Jul 2017

...but was laying on her kindergarten nap mat holding it up, pondering whatever it is 5 year olds ponder, and dropped it into her open mouth. X-rays ensued to make sure she hadn't inhaled it. And yes, our mother then had to examine her poop for days until it was safely expelled.

Ah, the Magical Moments of Motherhood.

pnwmom

(108,990 posts)
24. Lucky your mother found it! And least the success made her efforts worthwhile.
Wed Jul 19, 2017, 07:53 PM
Jul 2017


And they probably wouldn't have wanted to leave a tack inside. That's a scary thought!

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
12. "I was vacuuming naked, and then I slipped and got sucked in
Wed Jul 19, 2017, 06:49 PM
Jul 2017

...while simultaneously landing my butt right on top of that GI Joe Action figure"

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
14. Reminds me of that one character on "Appalachian Emergency Room" on SNL who always
Wed Jul 19, 2017, 06:57 PM
Jul 2017

ended up "falling" on something that got lodged up his bum and came in every week to have it removed.

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/appalachian-emergency-room/2860884?snl=1

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
20. Jesus, you know, it's 2017.
Wed Jul 19, 2017, 07:30 PM
Jul 2017

I don't see why people, at this point, wouldn't be like "Look, I enjoy sticking things up my butt. If you go on the good vibrations or adam and eve website, you'll see that it's actually pretty common"

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
21. I know it's common and I am not trying to shame anyone. The reason the skit is funny is
Wed Jul 19, 2017, 07:39 PM
Jul 2017

because he makes up these wild stories about HOW something got stuck up his butt. Not the fact that something IS up his butt.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
23. I agree that it's funny. It's probably more funny because it's true.
Wed Jul 19, 2017, 07:48 PM
Jul 2017

I'm just more at the point, now, of offering friendly advice to anyone still hung up. You know, if everyone's a consenting adult...Like, once upon a time long ago I used to work for a video store that had a porn section. EVERYONE is up to something or other on Friday night... and the most preachy, sanctimonious fuckin' people are also the freakiest. Trust me on this.

I think of the poor woman who got publicly ridiculed for the 'sperm thermos' emergency call. Like jesus, people, grow up. And by treating it like a big joke* you discourage other people in potentially embarrassing situations to endanger themselves by being afraid to get help.

http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-pasco/port-richey/pasco-couple-outraged-over-sheriffs-office-unprofessional-facebook-post

*I don't mean SNL. SNL is- at least sometimes- funny as hell.

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