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fear and loathing and flat packed furniture

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Jim Dalling
May 07, 2024
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I shot a text to Jed. He was quick to reply.

It was the perfect spring day: the sun was shining, the swarms of black flies were still in egg form preparing to hatch and consume us all. The air stirred with the slightest fart of a breeze. It was the perfect day for a bike ride.

Which is exactly the reason that Jed and I ended up going shopping at Ikea.

We were dropped off with two bikes, bike locks, a joint and instructions to call for help should we find what we needed.

I can’t believe that I’m doing this.

Jed had never been to Ikea before. Though he had been in the area pleanty.

The trails used to go all through here. Are we really doing this?

I laughed and lit a spicy little guppy. Have a puff. It’ll be fun.

We wandered through the gaping maw of an entrance. Our expressions mirrored the door. Woooooooooooooowwwwww we drawled, look at all this stuff…

We wandered through the hamster trails following arros created by lights glowing on the floor.

Jed was stunned. It’s all a big giant maze. An…

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