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March 10, 2005

IKEA: Sexist Pig-Dogs

I dunno, but this is one of those "what the..." stories. Firstly, a swedish company only has men or "cartoon figures whose sex is unclear" (for which I for one am thankful) shown putting together its furniture...and the Prime Minister of Norway feels that he has to comment? So much for those Scandanavian bastions of social equality. And the Ikea spokesman (and why not "spokes person"??) defends it by saying "We have to take account of cultural factors. In Muslim countries it's problematic to use women in instruction manuals."

"Problematic"? Many of them treat their dogs better than they treat women, and Ikea is concerned about "offending" the poor devils by showing a woman with a screwdriver? Screw them.

Ikea's stuff sucks anyway.

Posted by Mr. Bingley at March 10, 2005 09:10 AM

Comments

WTF????

Posted by: Ken Summers at March 10, 2005 09:46 AM

Europe takes on the only challenges of which they are still capable. Do you realize that, since the Vikings, the most successful Norwegian armed force has been ABBA?

Posted by: Nightfly at March 10, 2005 01:39 PM

Your statement is still true even when one considers the fact that ABBA is from Sweden.

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at March 10, 2005 02:04 PM

Oh, but you forget Norwegian Death Metal at your peril!!

Posted by: tree hugging sister at March 10, 2005 02:51 PM

Mr B - They ARE, aren't they? I seem to remember, in my distant youth, that they were plugged as having won a Norwegian music contest, thus catapulting them into the international scene. Guess I blamed the wrong Scandinavians. (It also ruined my best line in weeks, dammit.)

Posted by: Nightfly at March 10, 2005 06:13 PM

Yeah, I think the album that my wife bought says they won some "Europop" competition with "Waterloo."

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at March 10, 2005 06:30 PM

Excuse me, but that's a vicious slander. We were together when we bought that.

Posted by: NJ Sue at March 10, 2005 09:57 PM

*cough*
Oh hello dear. Sorrry, my brain gets a little confused in my advancing age. This fever I'm fighting and all...

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at March 11, 2005 07:10 AM

Suck up (as always).

I'm telling you Norwegian Death Metal!!

Posted by: tree hugging sister at March 11, 2005 07:59 AM