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Kinky Ikea Bathrobe
So Ikea sells this bathrobe called "Njuta". It's a verb, meaning "experience (intense) pleasure", and it's usually reserved for pretty powerful kinds of pleasure such as good food, good music, good sex. And Junior's robe size here is Small...
Dr. Martin Rundkvist is a Swedish archaeologist, journal editor, public speaker, chairman of the Swedish Skeptics Society, atheist, lefty liberal, bookworm, and father of two.
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Posted on: June 9, 2010 2:01 PM, by Martin R
So Ikea sells this bathrobe called "Njuta". It's a verb, meaning "experience (intense) pleasure", and it's usually reserved for pretty powerful kinds of pleasure such as good food, good music, good sex. And Junior's robe size here is Small to Medium, which goes some way towards explaining why the sticker on his new bathrobe reads:
Experience Intense Pleasure
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This reminds me of a comedy show on danish television a couple of years ago. They made fun of a box sold at IKEA named "knep" (which i guess means "trick" i swedish, but f**ck in danish).
It's actually pretty funny if you speak danish:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk3YlqFdxTQ
Posted by: Max D. | June 9, 2010 2:49 PM
... or the verb pula / pule, which means "fiddle around" in Swedish and "fuck" in Norwegian.
Posted by: Martin R | June 9, 2010 3:08 PM
... and pula is also the currency in Botswana...
Posted by: Thinker | June 9, 2010 4:22 PM
Must be pretty exhausting to pay for expensive things if that's the country's currency.
Posted by: Martin R | June 9, 2010 4:36 PM
Man, I knew Swedes have mellowed somewhat since the days of the Vikings, but BDSM wear made of terrycloth? I'm afraid that's really, really wussy. =P
Posted by: Phillip IV | June 9, 2010 5:06 PM
Wussy? We're just very, very submissive. And we have been very bad boys back in the 9th century.
Posted by: Martin R | June 9, 2010 5:33 PM
And of course you’ll be submissive while sitting in the…comfy chair! [jarring chord]
Posted by: kai | June 10, 2010 4:15 AM