The problem is that the furniture falls apart after four stops.

I mean you can only move that shit so many times...

@strider_mt2k: harf

must be comfier than the regular trains... And I suppose pretty nice advertising for IKEA all over.

I am Jack's complete lack of surprise (at anything the Japanese do).

Looks like a groovy train. Pipe in some house music and we're set.

@strider_mt2k: I see furniture like laptops. It lasts a while, but I'm always in the mood for something new. (I've never owned Ikea furniture though, it's really that bad?)

@vagrant: Some of it, yes, some of it no.

In the past after moving Ikea stuff I have had to resort to bracketry, but we've also bought stuff from them lately that seems quite nice.

@strider_mt2k: In America, yes, it would. But in Japan people are a bit more respectful of public property.

Hah, nice. I like that idea. Sadly, implementing it in the UK would result in it being stolen, broken, spat on, stabbed, or graffitied.

As for the Ikea reliablility, we recently moved from Australia to the UK, and disasembled a TV thing, reassembled it here, and it works a-okay.

@vagrant: I feel like they are trying to find a new niche which fills the. "Hey, I'm out of college, but still don't have any money, but the cheap stuff won't get me laid anytime soon crowd." So some of the new stuff is actually really nice, and pretty sturdy.

that shit is gonna freak out alot of homeless peeps out there, they are gonna walk in and think "what the hell was in that bottle i drank?"

Ikea, Swedish for bad acid trip.

@strider_mt2k: I know it can be hard to understand how a screwdriver works but there are friendly people out there who are willing to help.
Yes I'm Swedish and yes I've assembled/disassembled/moved a lot of IKEA stuff. Never have I had anything break or have missing pieces.

@BoinK:
I fail to understand how one's level of competence with tools relates to the build quality of particle-board furniture.
Cute attempt tho.

Enjoy!

They need a sign on the front of this train that says möver.

Sure to soak up piss easier than plastic benches.

@phelander: how did they ever manage to get it together - with all the missing parts?

It would be worth travelling just to see which arms and backs, etc, move or 'come off'.. heh heh

@vagrant: You'd be better off buying This End Up furniture than Ikea furniture. The "wood" they claim to sell is really just glued together wood chips that were left over form real furniture.

Hey, when

whoops. darned lack of sleep.

Hey, when I went to Ikea, I had to schlepp everything home in the minivan. This much stuff must have taken... a... train....

You "handy guys" should hang outside the Ikeas and and scope out the babes who just bought furniture without realizing what a PITA is it to put together. Nothing pushes a woman to desperation likes the words "Assembly Required". Show up with a power driver and YOU'RE IN!

@Curves:

thats how I met my wife

But do they charge you 5 cents per bag on the train?

Ikea! Just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen!

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@mtopper:

What a coincidence, that's how I met your wife too.

@B1663R: you don't really get homeless on trains in japan.

and as someone else pointed out, they are respectful enough not to mess up things that are out in public view.

I've been in New York too long.

First thought: Wow this looks so incredibly cool.
Second thought: Damn I would be pissed if I had to deal with this crap on my commute in the morning. Less space for standing, less space for sitting. Cushions forcing me to slide into that guy next to me eating a bagel with cream cheese. Is that a milk stain? God, I hope it's a milk stain.
Third thought: I hate everyone.

@scarbrtj: Genius.

They need something like this for IKEA that's opening in Red Hook, because there is literally no way to get to Red Hook. None. It's a pocket universe of urban decay, shut off from the outside world by a howling maelstrom of suffering.

@92BuickLeSabre: My first thought was 'No one would ever get a seat because the homeless guys will move in and never get up'

@92BuickLeSabre: people don't eat a lot on the trains in japan either. they puke because they are way too drunk sometimes. but they rarely eat in public at all.

@Wiliam Hook: The Brits stab their furniture?

Svenssonjohansensson? Bring in the ScarlettJohansson model and we'll talk.

@lankysob: Yes. Sometimes their husbands too.

@Samifumi: you're one of the best single-serving friends I've made around here.

Oh Japan, why must you tempt me so?

It's only the cheap IKEA stuff that falls apart. The more expensive stuff holds up as well as any other furniture. But I have to agree with whoever it was that said they think of it "like a laptop" and would want to change it after awhile. I don't want to end up like my grandmother with a house that looks like it was last decorated in 1950.

@harumph:

And in Japan, it's important to be respectful to fine furniture and people. Like, when you meet their wife. (couldn't resist).

How about a little Broyhill La-Z-Boy or what it, it iJoy? I'd never make it to work.

@scarbrtj: Had the same thought. Doesn't he mean "single-serving friends" rather than "one-serving friends"?