I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with IKEA. I hate the queues and the way you need to walk around the whole shop just to pick up a bedside table. But at the same time, I'm a cheapskate and you can't argue with the prices. And let's not forget about the meatballs.
Thirty-year-old Matt Lee, however, bloody loves IKEA. He loves IKEA so much that he's spent about £5,000 ($6,460) on products from the Swedish retailer over the years. In fact, he loves IKEA so much that he's gone and had a four-inch long IKEA pencil tattooed on his wrist.
Honestly, check it out:
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You having that?
Matt, who's been a big fan of the meatball-and-flat-pack-furniture megastores since he was a kid, got the tattoo while on a lads' holiday in Ibiza this month. I suppose it's better than some of the Ibiza holiday tattoos you see.
Matt, from Sheffield, said: "I've always been a fan of IKEA.
"I was on holiday with the lads and we all started talking about getting tattoos.
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"I'm always banging on about IKEA and one of my mates said I should a tattoo of one of the pencils.
"It was around 7pm at night, I'd had a few drinks but was definitely not drunk. It only took five minutes to finish."
Five minutes! Well, that just fills you with confidence, doesn't it?
He continued: "It's my third tattoo and it's definitely my best one yet. It's just a bit smaller than the life-size version.
"Everyone has laughed their head off, apart from my dad, who said I was an idiot." Dads do tend to know best...
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Aside from the fact his dad thinks he's an idiot, there's some good news for Matt, because on 28 September, IKEA is opening a brand-new store just seven miles from where he lives. Fucking hell, this must be like winning the league for this fella.
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He suggested the location of the new store means he's likely to 'double, if not treble' the number of trips he makes. It's a hobby, I suppose.
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