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January 8, 2008

Video of the Day: Man Lives in IKEA

The guy who spent $369.14 in a quixotic attempt to patronize each of Manhattan’s 171 Starbucks in a single day is back in the news, and this time it’s the corporate giant that’s helping him out. Comic Mark Malkoff will be living at the Paramus, NJ IKEA for the next week while his apartment is fumigated. And of course, he’ll be documenting every waking moment. Here’s the first installment:

We seem to recall entire weeks spent living at places like Mars Bar and The Library, and that never got any press; guess we should have made a funny video about it. (For funny, read depraved.)

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Comments (9)

Will he survive on a diet of Swedish meatballs, lingonberries, and Rycrisp bread?

 

What's his apartment being fumigated for?

 

silly attention whore

 

i like the shot where the drawer falls apart ala ikea.

 

If his apartment is being fumigated for what I think it is, I hope IKEA took decontamination measures before allowing him to bring a suitcase or duffel bag into the store.

 

What's ironic is that Ikea actually sells pre-fab homes in Europe, call Boklok. Why don't they put him in one of those instead?

 

this is so lame

 

why not let him live in the nearly finished Red Hook Ikea...

Or better yet why not actually house some say ummm HOMELESS persons or at least have a community outreach for the living poor IKEA??? ohh wait this is free advertising, viral if you will.

 

I've likewise lived a week in mars bar. I might know you John.

If anyone else here knows about mars bar, join the myspace group for the craphole

http://groups.myspace.com/marsbar

 
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