IKEA and IAEA to merge
Posted by Matthew on Wednesday April 7, 2004 @11:43AM
from the synergy-crunch dept.
Matthew writes: IAEA Chief Mohammad Al Baradei and IKEA President Anders Dahlvig have announced that their two organizations will merge to form IKAEA.
“Both organizations will gain a lot of synergy from this merger.” Claims Mr. Al Baradei. “The IAEA has had a lot of trouble penetrating the veil of secrecy surrounding the nuclear programs of North Korea, Iran, Libya, and Pakistan. IKEA has the logistical capabilities to put cheap but stylish home furnishings in the hands of even the poorest third-world nations, and we can piggy back on those capabilities to bring nuclear inspectors into every home.”
“We’re designing an entirely new line of home furnishings to complement our partnership with IAEA” says Mr. Dahlvig. “We’ve designed the new ATOM line of couches and love seats with the belligerent nuclear aspirant nation in mind. We’re also setting up a new GEIGER line of stainless and lead kitchen utensils that will permanently change colors in the presence of trans- uranics in the soils or foodstuffs. These markers will make the IAEA inspectors jobs a lot easier.”
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So what's all this about? Is it good or is it whack?
Comment by Anonymous Hero — April 7, 2004 @ 12:52 pm
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SlashNOT has a standing policy of being whack. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Comment by Michael — April 8, 2004 @ 4:16 am
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It's kind of like slashdot on April 1st, but good.
Comment by trmj — April 8, 2004 @ 1:17 pm
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ROFL. Yeah, It was pretty pathetic.
Comment by Matthew — April 10, 2004 @ 4:24 pm
Subject:IKEA founder now richest man
The founder of IKEA has just surpassed Bill Gates as the world's richest man, at 53 billion dollars.
Sadly, he won't be putting any of that money into improving the quality of IKEA's furniture.
Comment by Matthew — April 12, 2004 @ 11:32 pm
Subject:the ottoman scandal?
I understand El Baradei's getting all worked up again about the illicit ottomans allegedly being concealed inside armoires and shipped to Iran. Iran says the claims are bogus, that the only items they've ever transported inside armoires are “little fuzzy chair things without backrests.” Should we be worried? Does Iran have its sights set on a new Ottoman Empire, or is this just a bunch of hype? I personally think we should respect the wishes of other nations to obtain small pieces of furniture, particularly leg-rest-oriented furniture. But maybe I'm just naive.
Comment by ds — April 21, 2004 @ 8:00 pm
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Can't wait to see the new ATOM and GEIGER range… do you think they will have it in the Croydon store any time soon???? LOL.
Comment by Ally — October 29, 2005 @ 7:12 am