A Series of S(h)orts: “That’s a great ikea!”

My first day in Hong Kong consisted of logistics, mainly surrounding my housing situation. I picked up my keys, had a short tour of the Registry, and realized very quickly that I was in urgent need of bed furnishings. Eddy and I hit the town for some quick and dirty supply shopping. Eddy is a fellow English teacher, like myself, except he has had the past 10 years to gather wisdoms and experience teaching, unlike myself. He’s a pretty cool guy, and we hit it off with our shared, sarcastic type of American humor. He introduced me to the minibus (route 25 FTW!) that would take me down from the big ole’ hill on which I am stranded, and drop me off right in the middle of sweet, sweet civilization. Nevermind that we were forced to take a taxi back up because I kind of made the two of us into a pair of waddling pack mules. Anyways, the point is that as we were cleaning out the local IKEA, we enjoyed our time making English puns out of the Swedish named items. I’d like to share the following picture with you all: the particular item that inspired a shared, knee-jerk wee-snaw reaction from the two roaming Americans. I doubled-back in order to snap this lovely shot. Yes, I’m very immature, and I love IKEA. Please enjoy.

“Should I go for polyester, or should I just splurge on a pair of krakklovers?”

My comment section is now open to better puns.

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