IKEA is that friendly shop where you get cheap furniture from the inside of a giant, unending warehouse. Black metal is the kind of music that sounds like someone screaming while trapped inside a burning church. They each possess a fervent fan base. And to tell you the truth, the names of the furniture in IKEA sound a lot like the names of black metal bands. Consider this quiz an educational way to learn the difference.
That’s the most brilliant thing I’ve seen since 9am.
And it’s surprisingly difficult. I managed 14 out of 20, largely through luck. Clearly I need to rush out and buy lots of Norwegian Black Metal albums. Or loiter in IKEA, which may be slightly less stressful.
A good find – a winning strategy (17/20) is to class the ‘Swedish words’ with Ikea, as most of their products have real, although not descriptive Swedish words as their names. Unfortunately so do several of the metal bands.
Related; a few years ago, a local entreprenør published tshirts with the names of basic household items written with spurious ümlauts and rendered in a metal-font. Never has ‘Rÿggsækk’ looked so evil, nor ‘Østehøvêl’ been so cool.
-S
It’s much easier if you speak Swedish – I got 19 out of 20 – so it’s really a test of whether you can tell Swedish words, which are IKEA wares, from the other names, which mostly don’t look Swedish at all.
Or loiter in IKEA, which may be slightly less stressful.
It’s a tough call.