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A Couch (in 3 Boxes) - complete with "flip-page video"!

This is the story of a couch. A couch that came in 3 boxes. We popped into Ikea in Jacksonville, Florida to pick up some NAPKINS.   Napkins. We left with a couch.   A couch in 3 boxes. But, only 1 box would fit in our Prius.   Try as we might to squeeze the other 2, or even 1 more, in, only 1 would fit. The family next to us took pity.   They had planned ahead.   They did NOT go to Ikea for napkins and come out with a couch (in 3 boxes).   They came to Ikea with a list, and stuck to it.   And before beginning their shopping, they rented a flat bed to haul their boxes home.   Unlike us. But they smiled at us.   Giggled at our attempts to mash oversize boxes in an undersize car. And in the end, for $25 they hauled 2 of our boxes to their home, which was a wee bit closer to ours, and held them until we could go home.   And drop off box #1.   Then head back… We had driven 90 minutes to get to Ikea...