This almost makes me want to take a Bush speech where he talks about the global thirst for liberty and replace “freedom” and “liberty” with “Ikea” and “cheap but stylish furniture.”
From the BBC last September:
Three die in Saudi shop stampede Ikea
A stampede of hundreds of shoppers in western Saudi Arabia has left at least three people crushed to death.
A Saudi man and a Pakistani man were among those killed, officials in the port city of Jeddah said.
The incident occurred after shoppers rushed into a branch of Ikea to claim a limited number of credit vouchers being offered to the public.
More than 8,000 people had gathered near the store for the $150 vouchers, some of them having camped overnight.
The nationality of the third person killed was not given. Sixteen people were injured.
Ikea opened its doors at 0900 local time (0600 GMT), one hour ahead of the allotted tine, because of the large numbers of people who had gathered outside the store.