# Yes, I feel sorry for the lamp, damn you Ikea! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 29, 2002, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-feel-sorry-for-the-lamp-damn-you-ikea/130101 "2002-09-29T15:59:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-feel-sorry-for-the-lamp-damn-you-ikea/130101/1 "2002-09-29T15:59:01Z")
But I don’t feel too bad for the cow creamer. I’d actually like to thank IKEA for those two new commercials for ponting out just how easily I can be emotionally manipulated. And for making me laugh until my belly hurt. Has anyone else seen these? Are they really new. I don’t watch T.V. with any regularity, so they could have been around for ever. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-feel-sorry-for-the-lamp-damn-you-ikea/130101/2 "2002-09-29T16:07:56Z")
[Slate.com](http://Slate.com) reviewed it. It’s by [Spike Jonze](http://slate.msn.com/default.aspx?id=2071326). I haven’t managed to see it on TV nor the internet (wont work for me) but it does sound like a neat idea. Wont make me buy lamps from anywhere other then the Goodwill but it still is cool concept. Weird how commercials are some of the most interesting things on broadcast TV. ---
**Author:** ![deborak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@deborak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deborak)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-feel-sorry-for-the-lamp-damn-you-ikea/130101/3 "2002-09-29T16:52:54Z")
Yup, yup. I felt so bad for the poor widdle lamp! All cold and wet in the rain and lonely out in the dark by the trash ☹ And I’d heard about the commercial already, went and looked for it online, and I still felt bad. No wonder I can’t throw anything out! The guy, though - I found him really, really annoying, rather than cheesily amusing like I thought I would. He was rather pervy looking, just creepy or something. ---
**Author:** ![plankter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ba0ec/32.png) [@plankter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plankter)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-feel-sorry-for-the-lamp-damn-you-ikea/130101/4 "2002-09-29T17:18:10Z")
(sigh of relief) So I’m not the only one who fell for the lamp tale. I must have been thinking “The Wrong Trousers”, with poor dog Gromit standing in the rain. ☹ Probably the script said “you’re”, but I heard the line as, “ **That is because you crazy** ”. It still cracks me up. ---
**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-feel-sorry-for-the-lamp-damn-you-ikea/130101/5 "2002-09-29T19:05:30Z")
(cheeesy accent)“Then you’re crazy. The lamp doesn’t have feelings and the new one is much better.”(/cheesy acent) ---
**Author:** ![fallapart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fallapart/32/3018_2.png) [@fallapart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fallapart)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-feel-sorry-for-the-lamp-damn-you-ikea/130101/6 "2002-09-29T20:52:35Z")
growing up in post “Brave little toster” years, its hard to not feel sorry for the lamp ☹ ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-feel-sorry-for-the-lamp-damn-you-ikea/130101/7 "2002-09-29T22:37:43Z")
These two commercials are hilariously done. I don’t know which is funnier-the creamer or the lamp. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-feel-sorry-for-the-lamp-damn-you-ikea/130101/8 "2002-09-29T22:41:44Z")
Am i the only one who thinks the old lamp looked better? And i resent being called crazy by a german! Haven’t seen the cow creamer one yet. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-feel-sorry-for-the-lamp-damn-you-ikea/130101/9 "2002-09-29T23:45:28Z")
I do feel badly for the little cow creamer. He died because his owners couldn’t contain their animal lusts and had to schtup on the kitchen table. No cow creamer deserves that fate. Of course, my long-held general irritation at IKEA might have something to do with that. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-feel-sorry-for-the-lamp-damn-you-ikea/130101/10 "2002-09-29T23:45:59Z")
I haven’t seen the creamer one, but the lamp one is a riot. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-feel-sorry-for-the-lamp-damn-you-ikea/130101/11 "2002-09-29T23:53:38Z")
That was just…odd. A’course, I’m the type that gets caught up on the fact that she’s throwing out a perfectly good lamp. And that she unplugged it without turning it off first. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-feel-sorry-for-the-lamp-damn-you-ikea/130101/12 "2002-09-30T01:33:41Z")
Hijack/ Ikea, you suck! I went to the Schaumberg, IL Ikea 3 weeks ago, specifically to buy some cool low-voltage spotlights that a friend told me about for my wall art. [Here they are, installed in my place.](http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/yojimboguy/vwp?.dir=/My+Art&.src=ph&.dnm=spotlights.jpg&.view=t&.done=http%3a//photos.yahoo.com/bc/yojimboguy/lst%3f%26.dir=/My%2bArt%26.src=ph%26.view=t) And I did a thread on it, [here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=135597) While I was there, I picked up a cheap ($5) quartz wall clock. The 12-volt transformer ($70) failed after 3 days!! I replaced it with one from Home Depot for $30, that’s worked fine so far. The clock loses 5 minutes a day. I suppose I could exchange them (for some other CRAP), if I want to do a 6 hour round trip. But I’ll just eat it and never set foot in their store again. /Hijack ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-feel-sorry-for-the-lamp-damn-you-ikea/130101/13 "2002-09-30T07:14:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by yojimboguy \* > \*\*Hijack/ > > But I’ll just eat it and never set foot in their store again. > > /Hijack \*\* I went there about a month ago. I don’t plan to go back soon either, the stuff they have IMO isn’t really of the highest quality, just looks cool. But I did have a lot of fun with the escalators. I was wondering how I was supposed to get a shopping cart from the third floor to the first with out any elevators! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-feel-sorry-for-the-lamp-damn-you-ikea/130101/14 "2002-09-30T10:54:26Z")
Yes, I must admit, their shopping cart escalator is cool, and I’ve never seen one anywhere else. I may never see one again. ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-feel-sorry-for-the-lamp-damn-you-ikea/130101/15 "2002-09-30T11:00:22Z")
You don’t have escalators which take shopping trolleys in the US? Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-feel-sorry-for-the-lamp-damn-you-ikea/130101/16 "2002-09-30T12:05:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by reprise \* > \*\*You don’t have escalators which take shopping trolleys in the US? > > Weird. \*\* Nay, we are but a backwater outpost, yet to recieve the technological wonders of the civilized world. There isn’t an IKEA near my place for at least three states, far as I can make out. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-feel-sorry-for-the-lamp-damn-you-ikea/130101/17 "2002-09-30T12:22:46Z")
I’ve only seen the lamp one, not the cow creamer one. ☹ I’ve seen the shopping cart escalators in other stores - I know cuz I’ve never set foot in an actual Ikea. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-feel-sorry-for-the-lamp-damn-you-ikea/130101/18 "2002-09-30T12:39:55Z")
There are escalators you can take a shopping cart on? Huh. Never seen one. Must be a real pain in the ass when you get those walking-up-the-escalator-steps guys. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-feel-sorry-for-the-lamp-damn-you-ikea/130101/19 "2002-09-30T13:26:05Z")
Target is starting to install the shopping cart escalators in all their two-level stores. Here’s s picture: [http://balgavy.com/rotating49.html](http://balgavy.com/rotating49.html) ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-feel-sorry-for-the-lamp-damn-you-ikea/130101/20 "2002-09-30T13:48:45Z")
Well, she did leave the lamp on the curb so someone (probably a college student) else could pick it up. She didn’t consign it to the scrap heap irretreivably by putting it in a bin. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-feel-sorry-for-the-lamp-damn-you-ikea/130101.md?page=2)