R.I.P. Ingvar Kamprad / myLot

St. Catharines, Ontario

January 28, 2018 9:19am CST

Who? The man who founded IKEA. He was 91. I remember, back in the 70s, we bought a couple of his wooden dining chairs. We were having a dinner party and didn't have quite enough chairs for everybody invited. They were so uncomfortable that we returned them, after the party of course.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (458143)

• Switzerland

28 Jan 18

I have garden chairs from Ikea and they are very comfortable, I try the chairs before buying them.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (45487)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

28 Jan 18

See, that's the thing. They were ok for a few minutes, but after 20-30 minutes, not so much.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (458143)

• Switzerland

29 Jan 18

@BarBaraPrz Most chairs are uncomfortable and the more they are expensive, the more they are only great to look and not to use.

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marguicha

@marguicha (215441)

• Chile

28 Jan 18

What is IKEA?

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John Roberts

@JohnRoberts (109857)

• Los Angeles, California

28 Jan 18

IKEA is huge furniture store specializing in Swedish design from Sweden that has stores elsewhere in the world. There is one close to where I live.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (45487)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

28 Jan 18

@JohnRoberts And you have to put the furniture together yourself.

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pgn

@pgntwo (22408)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

28 Jan 18

I gather he had handed control of the company he founded to others decades ago - but he still maintained an advisory role to IKEA at that great age. Rumour has it he was no spendthrift, miserly if anything. I wonder if he'll be buried in a flat-packed casket or coffin?