• Beware Of Exploding Ikea Alarm Clocks

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    Tuesday, May 31st, 2011


    Haters gonna hate. Reports just hit that states “booby-trapped” Ikea alarm clocks recently exploded within stores in Belgium, France and The Netherlands. One calls the incidents fireworks where another uses the phrase small explosions that seem to cause nothing more than earaches. In at least one case, two clocks were simultaneously detonated remotely and a company spokesperson said the other incidents circumstances were similar.

    I don’t about you, but in-store fireworks sounds like a grand idea to me. Anything to make the bimonthly Ikea trip a bit more lively, amirite?

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