Comments on: Man camouflaged as pile of paper at Ikea http://boingboing.net/2009/03/05/man-camouflaged-as-p.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/03/05/man-camouflaged-as-p.html#comment-909056 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-909056 I'd never go to Ikea to buy anything. But I would go to Ikea to see these guys. Ikea ought to hire them. I’d never go to Ikea to buy anything. But I would go to Ikea to see these guys. Ikea ought to hire them.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/03/05/man-camouflaged-as-p.html#comment-430602 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-430602 Paulr wins with the very disturbing "Brazil" reference. Paulr wins with the very disturbing “Brazil” reference.

]]> By: chris23 http://boingboing.net/2009/03/05/man-camouflaged-as-p.html#comment-432149 chris23 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-432149 "Remember... we're all in this together, kid." “Remember… we’re all in this together, kid.”

]]> By: Made in DNA http://boingboing.net/2009/03/05/man-camouflaged-as-p.html#comment-431145 Made in DNA Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-431145 "see the pretty well camouflage effect in a real situation." yeah, this'll come in great if i am ever attacked in an ikea. funny, but stupid and pointless. “see the pretty well camouflage effect in a real situation.”

yeah, this’ll come in great if i am ever attacked in an ikea.

funny, but stupid and pointless.

]]> By: HeartlessMachine http://boingboing.net/2009/03/05/man-camouflaged-as-p.html#comment-430411 HeartlessMachine Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-430411 I prefer the guy disguised as a pile of yellow bags. Brilliant! I want more! I prefer the guy disguised as a pile of yellow bags. Brilliant! I want more!

]]> By: Gary61 http://boingboing.net/2009/03/05/man-camouflaged-as-p.html#comment-430419 Gary61 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-430419 Cool - I can totally see him .. must be the pixels .... Cool – I can totally see him .. must be the pixels ….

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/03/05/man-camouflaged-as-p.html#comment-430428 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-430428 Wait a minute, is that... LL Cool J?? Wait a minute, is that… LL Cool J??

]]> By: TroofSeeker http://boingboing.net/2009/03/05/man-camouflaged-as-p.html#comment-430431 TroofSeeker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-430431 Okay so I'm in Ikea to get some iron-on transfer sheets so I can make some Free The Octopi tee shirts for a protest rally. This creep dressed as a paper pile keeps bugging me about how cheap their reams of saffron paper are. So I chase him out of the store with my Bic lighter. He can't see very well, I guess, 'cause he runs into a re-cycling bin just as the Shred-It truck arrives. If you should open a ream of paper and there's a fingernail or a bit of cillia imbedded in a few sheets, say a few words for the paper boy. Okay so I’m in Ikea to get some iron-on transfer sheets so I can make some Free The Octopi tee shirts for a protest rally.

This creep dressed as a paper pile keeps bugging me about how cheap their reams of saffron paper are. So I chase him out of the store with my Bic lighter.
He can’t see very well, I guess, ’cause he runs into a re-cycling bin just as the Shred-It truck arrives.

If you should open a ream of paper and there’s a fingernail or a bit of cillia imbedded in a few sheets, say a few words for the paper boy.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/03/05/man-camouflaged-as-p.html#comment-430432 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-430432 That's brilliant! Those are foam dishrags, by the way, not coloured paper. That’s brilliant! Those are foam dishrags, by the way, not coloured paper.

]]> By: Alex_M http://boingboing.net/2009/03/05/man-camouflaged-as-p.html#comment-430435 Alex_M Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-430435 Actually it's a guy camouflaged as a pile of dishcloths at "City Gross" a Swedish supermarket. The other pics are IKEA though. Actually it’s a guy camouflaged as a pile of dishcloths at “City Gross” a Swedish supermarket.

The other pics are IKEA though.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/03/05/man-camouflaged-as-p.html#comment-430454 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-430454 Is that Robert De Niro? Is that Robert De Niro?

]]> By: tomrigid http://boingboing.net/2009/03/05/man-camouflaged-as-p.html#comment-430469 tomrigid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-430469 With the prevalence of CCTV, I'm guessing we "see" runway-camouflaged runway offerings at next year's Fashion Week. With the prevalence of CCTV, I’m guessing we “see” runway-camouflaged runway offerings at next year’s Fashion Week.

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2009/03/05/man-camouflaged-as-p.html#comment-430473 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-430473 "One Shot One Kill" meets "That Was Easy" “One Shot One Kill” meets “That Was Easy”

]]> By: Onigorom http://boingboing.net/2009/03/05/man-camouflaged-as-p.html#comment-430477 Onigorom Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-430477 Does anyone know who's the artist? Does anyone know who’s the artist?

]]> By: PaulR http://boingboing.net/2009/03/05/man-camouflaged-as-p.html#comment-430481 PaulR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-430481 Just the thing for sniper-shooting spit balls. Paging Mr. Tuttle/Buttle! Just the thing for sniper-shooting spit balls.

Paging Mr. Tuttle/Buttle!

]]> By: cattermole http://boingboing.net/2009/03/05/man-camouflaged-as-p.html#comment-430995 cattermole Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-430995 I did some statistical analysis on the ships of the Italian Navy in WWII. This was the only one with a large proportion of camoflaged ships (known to be camoflaged at the time of loss), with the rest as a control, about which details of their fate were known. The difference was not statistically significant. I did some statistical analysis on the ships of the Italian Navy in WWII. This was the only one with a large proportion of camoflaged ships (known to be camoflaged at the time of loss), with the rest as a control, about which details of their fate were known. The difference was not statistically significant.

]]> By: bookofbiff http://boingboing.net/2009/03/05/man-camouflaged-as-p.html#comment-430490 bookofbiff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-430490 I think these are just leftover costumes from old Doctor Who shows. I think these are just leftover costumes from old Doctor Who shows.

]]> By: yclept http://boingboing.net/2009/03/05/man-camouflaged-as-p.html#comment-430492 yclept Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-430492 And then there was the time I camoflaged myself as a blanket and hid in my bed so my brother couldn't find me. Dare I say, what's the point? And then there was the time I camoflaged myself as a blanket and hid in my bed so my brother couldn’t find me. Dare I say, what’s the point?

]]> By: Tron http://boingboing.net/2009/03/05/man-camouflaged-as-p.html#comment-430498 Tron Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-430498 The Paper Pile's arch enemy is the Iron Broom. The Paper Pile’s arch enemy is the Iron Broom.

]]> By: nanuq http://boingboing.net/2009/03/05/man-camouflaged-as-p.html#comment-430505 nanuq Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-430505 Are you sure this isn't just an occupational safety video warning of the dangers of working in a office supply warehouse? Are you sure this isn’t just an occupational safety video warning of the dangers of working in a office supply warehouse?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/03/05/man-camouflaged-as-p.html#comment-430762 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-430762 micknye, You can put your blog link on your profile page, thanks. micknye,

You can put your blog link on your profile page, thanks.

]]> By: Alex_M http://boingboing.net/2009/03/05/man-camouflaged-as-p.html#comment-430509 Alex_M Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-430509 I found a whole website devoted to Swedish urban camouflage artists.. http://www.hidenow.se I found a whole website devoted to Swedish urban camouflage artists..
http://www.hidenow.se

]]> By: ill lich http://boingboing.net/2009/03/05/man-camouflaged-as-p.html#comment-430514 ill lich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-430514 This is not too dissimilar to the stuff we used to do in a warehouse I once worked in-- when business is slow, employees improvise entertainment in great ways. Or at least they used to until the internets provided hours of silly videos to watch. This is not too dissimilar to the stuff we used to do in a warehouse I once worked in– when business is slow, employees improvise entertainment in great ways. Or at least they used to until the internets provided hours of silly videos to watch.

]]> By: dainel http://boingboing.net/2009/03/05/man-camouflaged-as-p.html#comment-431551 dainel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-431551 #22 cattermole, perhaps thats because the Italian Navy during WW2 did not employ Swedish camoflaged artists. #22 cattermole, perhaps thats because the Italian Navy during WW2 did not employ Swedish camoflaged artists.

]]> By: Marilyn Terrell http://boingboing.net/2009/03/05/man-camouflaged-as-p.html#comment-430567 Marilyn Terrell Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-430567 @ #3 Troofseeker: you crack me up! @ #3 Troofseeker: you crack me up!

]]> By: neurolux http://boingboing.net/2009/03/05/man-camouflaged-as-p.html#comment-431080 neurolux Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-431080 Ikea sells office supplies? The Ikea near me only sells furniture and meatballs. Ikea sells office supplies? The Ikea near me only sells furniture and meatballs.

]]> By: micknye http://boingboing.net/2009/03/05/man-camouflaged-as-p.html#comment-430569 micknye Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-430569 It may come in handy at times, notably IKEA, being able to get out of an IKEA warehouse unspotted by customer service staff, can be really helpful. Micky <!-- http://micknye.blogspot.com (Right now: Making a music album in ten days without money, video diary from Paris.) --> It may come in handy at times, notably IKEA, being able to get out of an IKEA warehouse unspotted by customer service staff, can be really helpful.

Micky

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