It seems that running riot whilst shopping is not just a US thing. Yesterday during the after Xmas sales rush in a furniture shop in Bradford, Yorkshire a riot broke out.
Several punters saw a cosy black leather three piece suite for sale, 75% off...
Acton pervert, Terry Skuttle, was gaoled today after pleading guilty to a string of unspeakable offences against antique furniture.
Magistrates heard how in February this year, Skuttle broke into a house in Fletcher Road, where he made an indecent...
What is it about Christmas that excites the furniture and DIY industries to think that we suddenly need their wares?
From the end of September onwards we are inundated with deals on TV, from sofas to conservatories, interest-free and guaranteeing delivery before the festivities.
Companies believe that there is something in the British psyche that suddenly thinks: "Christmas is coming, and wh...
"It is a rare pleasure, Mr Farquhar, to explore these subjects in a civilised manner. I always look forward to our discussions with a keen appetite. In these vulgarised times, a person is often embarrassed by the rigours of impolite company."
"Indeed, Miss Quivering, I fear that what my friend Juxtable calls 'the New Barbarism' all but overwhelms those of us who would preserve our little oasis...
The Metropolitan Police are investigating claims that men were routinely tortured by the furniture retailer MFI. Information was passed to the Met by a former employee, Mr Stig O'Treacy, who told police that he had witnessed men being sideboarded at...
As illegal immigrants become ever more desperate, in order to try and enter Britain, one lucky shopper got more than they bargained for, when they found a Swedish illegal immigrant crammed into packaging that contained a flat packed table, which was...
DFS have today revealed that their sale is going to end in a surprise announcement.
The sale, which has been running for the last 63 years and has made the company famous for it's TV commercials, has become a British institution.
Pablo Von Maus...
A local man, the son of a Dublin shellfish vendor was today seriously injured transporting a wardrobe purchased via internet trading site eBay from the Kangoo to the house.
Damian Hogan, 51 - of Portsmouth whined like a little bitch when his wife...
PARKER, CO - Come out to the Grange tonight and learn the art of chair caning this evening from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. in the main hall, invites 4-H club president, Mr. Unsbey Tingsey.
The workshop is open to the public.
Come early and either borrow a chair, or bring your own chair. If you bring $50.00, you can get your first pick. There will plenty of cane for everyone.
This type of caning o...
Edinburgh, Scotland and/or UK - Store staff at IKEHYA in Edinburgh were shocked to discover another murder victim yesterday, the third in the store in as many months. The 32-year-old man had been beaten, kicked and bitten, attacked with DIY tools, an...
Antimacassars, the small material or crocheted pads designed to fit on the headrests of chairs, have been proven not to work. In extensive testing, What Chair? magazine found that they did very little to prevent upholstery infestation by the Common...
A cabinet door has been viciously ripped from its hinges, beaten, stripped of its veneer finish, and reduced to small, unrecognizable chunks of particle board debris.
Reporters at the scene found area kitchen owner Fred Felber curled up in a feta...
Nestle the international food giant today announced that it had bought MFI the British flat pack furniture retailer.
A press release from Nestle spoke of the obvious synergy between the two companies, and the huge cost savings to be made by the ac...
Though showrooms continue to display fully assembled furniture, customers have been at a loss on what to do with the boxes of rectangular simulated wooden pieces once they arrive at home. Due to a shortage in little steel Allen wrenches and screwdri...
Furniture factory and shop sized man trap, Ikea has launched a new product, set to take the western world by story.
The new Gilligan range of flat-pack furniture has as its centrepiece attraction an Occasional table that is always a chair.
Pro...
Consumer confidence has hit an all time low in Britain with the announcement from home furnishings giant DFS that a man bought a sofa for full price over the weekend.
Corporate spokesperson Polly Urethane broke the bleak news in an interview with...
Los Angeles, California - As same-sex couple gain mainstream acceptance in society, companies like Ikea, which were among the first corporations to advocate homosexual rights by running TV and print media ads featuring a gay couple selecting furnitur...
A Spokesman for the Guinness Book of World Records, Sir Reginald Bottoms, announced today that a record for the largest stool ever produced by a single human being would go into their record books. "My god you should have seen that sucker, I ha...