Comments on: Don’t Open the Lid! http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/12/22/dont-open-the-lid/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:49:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Michael http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/12/22/dont-open-the-lid/#comment-1377 Michael Thu, 26 Jan 2006 21:00:56 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/?p=189#comment-1377 What interested me also was that Ikea calls the piece a "work bench." Ah, the significance of idiom: yes, we'd call it a "workstation," and we put "workbench" in another context (footnote: cross-reference "Shop Vac"), but ... when you think about it ... What interested me also was that Ikea calls the piece a “work bench.” Ah, the significance of idiom: yes, we’d call it a “workstation,” and we put “workbench” in another context (footnote: cross-reference “Shop Vac”), but … when you think about it …

]]> By: Michael http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/12/22/dont-open-the-lid/#comment-1376 Michael Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:40:17 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/?p=189#comment-1376 "does that mean that in Sweden the cartoon character Speedy Gonzales is named 'Fartfull Gonzales?'” Now *there's* jet propulsion for you. “does that mean that in Sweden the cartoon character Speedy Gonzales is named ‘Fartfull Gonzales?’”

Now *there’s* jet propulsion for you.

]]> By: Delysid http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/12/22/dont-open-the-lid/#comment-1301 Delysid Sun, 15 Jan 2006 16:04:17 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/?p=189#comment-1301 Actually this is an example of how far ahead the Europeans are in the field of sustainable energy technology. This unit is a self-powered computer workstation. Inside the seat chamber is a highly efficient methane-powered electrical generator. You merely follow the super-healthy cancer-fighting high-fibre high-protein vegetarian diet outlined in the user manual, consisting largely of various bean and cabbage dishes, and within a day or two your digestive system will be primed so that you can sit down on the Fartfull and power a low-energy-consuming computer, the Tootkalc, also available from Ikea, for several hours. Actually this is an example of how far ahead the Europeans are in the field of sustainable energy technology. This unit is a self-powered computer workstation. Inside the seat chamber is a highly efficient methane-powered electrical generator. You merely follow the super-healthy cancer-fighting high-fibre high-protein vegetarian diet outlined in the user manual, consisting largely of various bean and cabbage dishes, and within a day or two your digestive system will be primed so that you can sit down on the Fartfull and power a low-energy-consuming computer, the Tootkalc, also available from Ikea, for several hours.

]]> By: CottonIJoe.de » Furzende Möbel bei IKEA.com http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/12/22/dont-open-the-lid/#comment-1284 CottonIJoe.de » Furzende Möbel bei IKEA.com Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:55:20 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/?p=189#comment-1284 [...] Verkauft IKEA.com jetzt furzende Möbel? Auf Schwedisch heißt Fartfull angeblich irgendwas mit “schnell”, aber in englischsprachigen Bloggerkreisen hat der Artikel schon mal für Erheiterung gesorgt. [...] [...] Verkauft IKEA.com jetzt furzende Möbel? Auf Schwedisch heißt Fartfull angeblich irgendwas mit “schnell”, aber in englischsprachigen Bloggerkreisen hat der Artikel schon mal für Erheiterung gesorgt. [...]

]]> By: Molnies http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/12/22/dont-open-the-lid/#comment-1207 Molnies Sat, 31 Dec 2005 21:02:38 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/?p=189#comment-1207 LOL! Man those guys at IKEA never stops to amaze me =D I'm from Sweden myself, and yeah it means something like Speedy. This isn't the first dumb name they came up with. Last year I heard about another piece that they had named Beslut (which in Swedish means "decision") but many Americans read it as Be Slut xD Fredrik aka Molnies LOL!
Man those guys at IKEA never stops to amaze me =D
I’m from Sweden myself, and yeah it means something like Speedy. This isn’t the first dumb name they came up with. Last year I heard about another piece that they had named Beslut (which in Swedish means “decision”) but many Americans read it as Be Slut xD

Fredrik aka Molnies

]]> By: Mats http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/12/22/dont-open-the-lid/#comment-1170 Mats Sat, 24 Dec 2005 18:04:58 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/?p=189#comment-1170 Not realy he is named Speedy Gonzles here to. And i sacrificed a pig in your Honnor this Midwinter blooding ritual (allso caled X-mas). ;) Not realy he is named Speedy Gonzles here to.

And i sacrificed a pig in your Honnor this Midwinter blooding ritual (allso caled X-mas). ;)

]]> By: JC http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/12/22/dont-open-the-lid/#comment-1164 JC Sat, 24 Dec 2005 04:28:17 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/?p=189#comment-1164 Egads, who knew Swedes were so quick to anger? Mats: does that mean that in Sweden the cartoon character Speedy Gonzales is named "Fartfull Gonzales?" If so, that's awesome. Egads, who knew Swedes were so quick to anger? Mats: does that mean that in Sweden the cartoon character Speedy Gonzales is named “Fartfull Gonzales?” If so, that’s awesome.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/12/22/dont-open-the-lid/#comment-1156 Jeff Fri, 23 Dec 2005 19:33:04 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/?p=189#comment-1156 Well at least it wipes clean with a damp cloth. Well at least it wipes clean with a damp cloth.

]]> By: Mats http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/12/22/dont-open-the-lid/#comment-1155 Mats Fri, 23 Dec 2005 18:23:17 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/?p=189#comment-1155 I will slay your women, rape your towns and burn your goats for tauntng our language you dirty amerikan. ;) The name "Fartfull" mens something like Speedy. Med vänliga hälsningar/ Mats (Swedish dumbass with long blond hair and beard wielding my Ax of DOOOOOM) I will slay your women, rape your towns and burn your goats for tauntng our language you dirty amerikan. ;)
The name “Fartfull” mens something like Speedy.

Med vänliga hälsningar/
Mats (Swedish dumbass with long blond hair and beard wielding my Ax of DOOOOOM)

]]> By: Glenn http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/12/22/dont-open-the-lid/#comment-1143 Glenn Thu, 22 Dec 2005 21:06:13 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/?p=189#comment-1143 I think there was a discussion of this quirk of language on a thread I saw recently (linked from here?) Also, have a gibbering <a href="http://www.cephalopodmas.org/" rel="nofollow">cephalopodmas</a>! (I wanted to link to <i>I Crush Everything</i> for a carol, but I refrained from linking to the song (and no lyrics page), and linked to the songs page. I think there was a discussion of this quirk of language on a thread I saw recently (linked from here?)

Also, have a gibbering cephalopodmas! (I wanted to link to I Crush Everything for a carol, but I refrained from linking to the song (and no lyrics page), and linked to the songs page.

]]> By: hugh http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/12/22/dont-open-the-lid/#comment-1142 hugh Thu, 22 Dec 2005 19:56:32 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/?p=189#comment-1142 Word of advice: Don't make fun of the Norsemen's language. Unless of course you like having your town pillaged and burned. Some things are simply not done. Taunting superheroes in tights is another example. Word of advice: Don’t make fun of the Norsemen’s language. Unless of course you like having your town pillaged and burned. Some things are simply not done. Taunting superheroes in tights is another example.

]]> By: paul http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/12/22/dont-open-the-lid/#comment-1141 paul Thu, 22 Dec 2005 18:48:39 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/?p=189#comment-1141 having followed that link i look forward to the re-write of your song. having followed that link i look forward to the re-write of your song.

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