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December 30th

IKEA Horror, Public Sex, & Sounds Like Canada

I was just talking to some people about the Cabbage Patch Kid incidents in stores way back in the mid-eighties. It looks like IKEA is having the same problem.

Three men were trampled to death in a rush to claim vouchers at the first IKEA furniture showroom in Saudi Arabia Wednesday, hospital officials said.

Sixteen shoppers were injured at the Sweden-based furniture store opening in Jeddah. Medics revived some 20 customers who had fainted in the crush. IKEA said two were killed.

The rush was triggered by an offer for the first 50 shoppers to receive $150 in vouchers. An IKEA statement said more than 20,000 people showed up.

And it looks like there was someone who really needed to get off while "hanging out" in a mall. I don't know about you, but sex is a pretty good thing but I think I could wait until I got home.

And, finally, it looks like Germany is taking a queue from Canadian politics. Getting in your leader's face appears to be catching on...

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December 30th, 2004

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Shane Birley is a blogger, huge geeky nerd, web developer, poet, and creative writer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is a partner at Left Right Minds, a web development, arts management, business blogging and on line marketing company.

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