Close to Home by John McPherson for November 06, 2023

seems studying mechanical engineering is a feasible option right now

No porch-pirates took THAT, did they?

The label on the box is rather misleading. If it’s from IKEA, there’s A LOT of assembly required.;-D

You tighten the strings with an Allen wrench?

Almost missed Bleeb. He’s pretty well camouflaged in amongst those keys.

Ah, the rich tones of Swedish Particleboard Pianos.

Okay I’ll play the straight man. I wonder how much it cost?

IKEA, YOU-KEA, WE-KEA.

This thing is a piece of Kladdkaka, compared to the IKEA Krupnik harpsichord.

We are about to see some pure magic performed with duct tape!

“flygel” on the box would have been funnier

If they have a cat, I’m thinking he’ll be very happy with that box.

The 3 little words that strike terror into the hearts of parents:

Some assembly required.

What was that joke, if a woman wants to keep her husband from reading her email file, just label it as instruction manuals.

With no printed directions, just pictographs and part numbers…

Lemme guess even the batteries is sold separately?

Better call a Piano Man

Ikea gets a bad rap for some cheap furniture, deservedly so. However, we have all Ikea cabinets in our kitchen, they’re great. Very sturdy, lots of cast iron cookware in ours. Plus drawers instead of cabinets under the counters, with lights in them. They weren’t inexpensive, and we had a hard time finding a contractor to install them because of the Ikea reputation.

HA! Can’t compete with this gem!

does it come with a chair? that’s strange

And call Operknockedy to come tune it. Be sure it’s finished because well …. you know.

The box should be even flatter.

“Talent Not Included”

They shorted us an ivory key!

The instruction manual is missing a few notes.

Box needs to say – FLYGEL

Instead of saying Grand Piano, the box should say Giant Pain.

I hope she wasn’t planning on taking lessons any time soon.

f flat major funny, in the key of C!

Pretty Funny

It’s worse than you think: The keys aren’t labeled, and there are no batteries included!

I hope it came with detailed instructions.

It comes with 88 Allen keys.

There’s a key part missing