i was totally gonna make that comment until i saw that you had, nice thinking lol… just finished the Hitchhiker trilogy (of 5 books) and the two dirk gently books as well. Douglas Adams (R.I.P.) is/was an amazing author.
Don’t forget Eoin Colfer wrote the sixth one, “And Another Thing”. Jane Belson, (Adams’ wife) gave him permission to write it. The title’s from the line in book three “The storm had now definitely abated, and what thunder there was now grumbled over more distant hills, like a man saying “And another thing…” twenty minutes after admitting he’s lost the argument.”
YES! Thank the froods other people thought of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency! Now, I’ll be off to Heathrow, hopefully a god won’t blow up the ticket counter…
“…And all dared to brave unknown terrors, to do mighty deeds, to boldly split infinitives that no man had split before – and thus was the Empire forged.”
Oy, sis — she DOES look like a parrot, if only cuz she’s so brightly colored. Easy mistake, I think… Especially if’n you don’t know too much about boidies…
Then
1: It will partially burn your toast
2: It will leave your toast partially raw
3: Safety
4: To remove said noms you have to risk electrocution
5: Profit?
Ugh. This pretty much happened to me. I was moving into a new apartment on the third floor of a building. I was skeptical about the couch but it went through the front door, fit up the stairs but then jammed in the front door the apartment. There was no getting it through. Once we finally got it loose again, we had to carry it all the way downstairs, put it back in the truck and take it to the Salvation Army, pretty much.
From that day forward, I vowed never to own a piece of furniture that could not be broken down into it’s component parts that can be individually carried by a single human being. Ikea has helped me nicely.
*ring ring ring*
“Hello IKEA customer services, how may I help you?”
“Yes, I just want to tell you how happy I am and how much…”
“OH MY GOD! OH GOD!! (muffled) WHY IN GOD’S NAME DID YOU THINK THAT COULD SUPPORT 15 POUNDS! Hello? Still there? CALL BACK IN AN HOUR!!”
*1000 points paid, debris moves out of the way as the Nazi Zombies begin their damned sprint right towards him, all he can do is stand proudly and wait, his gun jammed and his grenade reserve empty. He was going to die and he knew it. A smile crept onto his face and he drew his knife, they wheren’t gonna get him without a fight.*
Ok I know that really has nothing to do with the picture, but when I saw this picture this is what came into my mind. xD
Anybody ever read Douglass Adam’s Long Dark Teatime of the Soul? In it, there is a couch that got into the same position, but they said that since it was impossible for it to have gotten there, it was therefore impossible for it to get out!
Haha… I took this pic. I had no idea but my brother(the guy in the pic) uploaded this. We came out of that apartment, and I said to Jim it wouldn’t fit. We had it on the wrong angle. He insisted it would and shoved and shoved and shoved. I told him to stop and wallah its stuck. I stepped back and took the pic. I ended up having to hang on the arm to break it so the couch would slide out.
Looks like he got more than he bargained for.
Wonder where the TV goes…
we are on the TV
In Soviet Russia, TV is on you.
This is more like “Gravity Win”!
Gravity Fail!
it looks like inception
QUACK!
STORAGE WIN!
Better call Dirk Gently!
i was totally gonna make that comment until i saw that you had, nice thinking lol… just finished the Hitchhiker trilogy (of 5 books) and the two dirk gently books as well. Douglas Adams (R.I.P.) is/was an amazing author.
Don’t forget Eoin Colfer wrote the sixth one, “And Another Thing”. Jane Belson, (Adams’ wife) gave him permission to write it. The title’s from the line in book three “The storm had now definitely abated, and what thunder there was now grumbled over more distant hills, like a man saying “And another thing…” twenty minutes after admitting he’s lost the argument.”
YEEEAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!! 8)
I am so moved.
*moves changeling into another pocket*
…this was supposed to be:
*moves changeling into next cushion*
I can’t do anything right today!
*pouts*
pocket sounds more insteresting, don’t worry :*
Thanks very kindly, lola! *smooches back*
She kissed me first, Jon. :p
Yep, I did.
Sorry :$
*racks*
Fuzzy in the corner pocket!
Nice save, Dilly! *squeeze*
It’s a trap!!
Pivot!
Pivot!
Pi-vot!
PI-VOT!
Way-to-get-the-remote!
FOR ME TO TURN ON!
(they don’t call it a love seat for nothin’)
(Say, brother, could you turn on a dime?)
*stops*
*windmills*
♪ With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
Try this trick and spin it … yeah ♪
Good Deal, baby
Frankly, my dear, Black looks good on you.
Francis lovely this time of year, no?
LMAO, first thing I thought of too.
Looks like you could get a wedgie sitting in that thing.
Looks like it’s between a wall and a hard place.
I don’t even know how it got there to begin with. But if it were me, I don’t think I’d be callng in the Hulk for any more favors to help me move.
He must be trying to figure out which is the best seat for viewing the TV.
How did they even…? Never mind. I probably don’t want to know.
The breadth of human stupidity never fails to amaze us…..
He was just trying to shake out all of the loose change.
Instead, all he found was crumbs.
crumby loose change?!
You best not be talking about me.
Spare me the dramatics.
You’re not making cents.
Just don’t take liberties!
I really can’t make heads or tails of these comments.
Eh, let it flip through your mind a few times.
Then you’ll have a mind like quicksilver.
And be in a mercurial mood.
*gives dilly a big hg*
*mood osculates wildly*
“I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.”
~ quick-witted, silver-tongued Oscar Wilde
THAT’S where that Cheetoh went!
What does bread have to do with human stupidity?
Maybe it’s just a very light sleeper couch.
It’s like sleeping on a cloud!
ahh … sounds divan
Sofa so good.
Just like in the days of the Ottoman empire.
outta sight ottoman!
d’oh … that doggy done out-muzzleman’d me
Some stay on the rug, but that was a quickly couched doggy!
Ah the lesser spotted jumping sofa, useful for all your gargling and butter churning needs.
♫ SPIDER COUCH, SPIDER COUCH … ♫
Awesome, changeling!
*claps floofee paws wildly*
Ceiling Couch is watching you masturbate
Oh, WIN!
Do the legs come off?
It appears Dirk Gently, Reg, and Richard have been here.
Holistic….
I came here for this. Leaving satisfied.
Now where’d my electric monk go?
I saw one ride off on a bored looking horse not long ago.
Can you believe those things?
More to the point, can they believe in you?
YES! Thank the froods other people thought of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency! Now, I’ll be off to Heathrow, hopefully a god won’t blow up the ticket counter…
Being a zombie, I’m used to breathers beating me to the punch. But it was truly the first though I had when I saw that pic … hey, it’s Dirk Gently!
*waves*
Same with me.
Not the zombie part, though.
Yes! Other people read this sort of thing! But it occurs to me, wasn’t ___ found in a handbag in the Left Luggage department of Heathrow? Oh wait, no.
Dang, 4 minutes late with the comment, why don’t I have Reg’s machine to set it right?
“You have a time machine and you use it to… get first post?”
“Well, I wouldn’t use it at all if I could get the hang of the RSS reader.”
nice.
Gilks is going to have a chainsaw taken to it.
Yes, exactly what I thought when I saw the photo
That’s exactly what I was thinking!! Dirk?
Beat me to it!
SO glad I’m not the only one who thought of this.
I have to re-read that book. When I read it as a kid, I had no frigging clue what was going on.
I was a grown-up, and I still didn’t get it.
I am a kid, and I got it.
I’m a kid too and I got it. I even know Dirk Gently is a recycled Doctor Who script that Douglas wrote. Twas called Shada I believe.
…Fail. Shada came out much later than this—it came out in 1992. Dirk Gently came out 1987.
Took me 2 readthroughs, a wikipedia check on some poetry and another readthrough with some classical music on to get it.
Bach, I hope.
My first impression, too ^^
Wow. I’m glad SOMEONE made a Dirk Gently reference on this, lol. Was wondering if ANYONE had a li’l culture here. lol.
Too much to hope that I’d get to call that… On the other hand, this substantially increases my faith in humanity.
Now they only need a time machine to appear in that corner.
There’s a horse in the bathroom and all you can do is is stand there naming Beatles songs?!
There’s a fool on the hill in the strawberry field looking through a glass onion with a walrus. (Just continuing the Beatles/unusual event stream…)
WIN WIN WIN
And now you know why you do not to spill your Red Bull on your couch
*removes the “to” hopes nobody noticed*
To infinitive and beyond!!!
*splits!*
“…And all dared to brave unknown terrors, to do mighty deeds, to boldly split infinitives that no man had split before – and thus was the Empire forged.”
Sounds like a plan but before you start your epic journey you might want to remove the wheel clamp from your spacecraft first.
That stuff goes to my head.
Ehh.. isn’t it suppose to give you wings?
You don’t need to get all hyped up.
Hé I wasn’t the one eating all that sugar
*Raises an eyebrow and looks at Leila*
Hg I was the one getting madcap mercury poisoning.
*puts another feather in his cap*
*Eyes the feather suspiciously*
That wouldn’t be a feather from Avis now would it?
It’s pretty a-Parrot, Isn’t it?
She is NOT a parrot.
Oy, sis — she DOES look like a parrot, if only cuz she’s so brightly colored. Easy mistake, I think… Especially if’n you don’t know too much about boidies…
I suppose.
*offers cookies to Ferme and sis*
Is anybody else thinking of the sofa in Douglas Adams’ book Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency?
Is anybody else reading the comments before posting?
Somebody needs a Guide book.
Soooooo Long!
Go fish!
Now you’re just baiting me.
my porpoise in life
You’ve got me hooked.
*raises hand*
*waves wildly in air*
Me! Me! I do! I do!
*tickles*
*giggles*
*tickles*
*wielding a chainsaw*
Did someone call?
SOFA BUSTERS!
Bite your head off, man.
Don’t cross the cushions!
Nimble little settee, isn’t she!
She slimed me a little, but I didn’t care.
Teehee!
Douglas Adams would be proud (Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency).
^^^^^
What’s your problem?
What is yours?
No problems here.
Do you have English language comprehension difficulties?
*THWACKS asbo across the head with his bloody headstone*
*just a few times*
I might have difficulties.
Understandable given the circumstances and entirely excusable.
Breathers can be so tiresome at times.
*squeeeeeeezes her favorite undead and smooches him*
^^^^^
(not you, Leila! Sorry!)
I’t okay.
Oh, get a room, you two.
Okay … then what?
Maybe he’s practicing his use of the Force. He is concentrating awfully hard.
….more lightsabre required.
The force is strong with this one
With great power comes great responsibility
He’s being beamed into it! I KNEW aliens would disguise themselves as common household objects!
That explains behavioural patterns of many objects I own.
Look into the toaster, Arthur
The most annoying machine in the universe.
I know! It has ONE JOB! How hard can it be?!?
It sucks! My dishes always have spots on ‘em.
I inserted my bagel into the DVD player, and it’s not toasting! Is my bagel broken??
For which part of the human body stands ‘bagel’? And why do you insist “it wasn’t a sex game”?
I insisted no such thing!
I can’t understand why my butt hurts, though. Or how my floor got so clean.
Unsurprising, since they put the alien wench in the package!
And Riker ran off with it.
Then
1: It will partially burn your toast
2: It will leave your toast partially raw
3: Safety
4: To remove said noms you have to risk electrocution
5: Profit?
Part 4 is how I get through the day. Don’t tell me anyone actually eats the toast?
Richard McDuff Win!
On one hand I’m a little annoyed at the repetition, but on the other, I’m surprised at the number of people making these Douglas Adams references.
I’m impressed more than irritated, but it’s early yet
I’m exasperated more than irritated, but it might be because I haven’t had my coffee yet.
I’m definitely irritated and it might be because the gnome ate my protein bar.
Gnome!?!?
*fleescollar, runsaawaywithaquickness and leafs all at the same time*
I’m annoyed as hell cuz I have a toothache. *bleh*
*donkeysqueeze*
Poor baby!
I’ve had enough for us both, and now I’m bypassing hyperspace.
*shackles dilly to desk*
oooo … I should jump on this.
*engage!*
A delightfully nerdy proposition.
You make-it-so good.
So Locute-us ♥
hee … I’m gettin’ Luc-ky!
In a minute, honey…
*adjusts alien wrench*
Ludicrous speed?
We have gone to Plaid!
Maybe he is looking to shake NS out of the couch. Those kittehs always get themselves in tight spots like that.
*gets a safety-net to catch NS*
Watch the claws.
What aren’t you going to lend a hand?!
I had kitteh before and I’ve learned my lesson.
I am right behind you Mer. Do it!
Well if all you’re going to do is watch would you at least get the first aid kit ready? I might need a bandage (or two) after this.
OR…I could call the FIREMENZ so they will be ready.
Don’t forget — this kitteh can read!
*falls out of couch*
*eyes MerQueen suspiciously, but realizes she meant well*
*flattens ears & hisses at Leila*
*touches up lipstick in preparation for seeing FIREMENZ*
*lips quiver*
No offence NS but after trying to get my cat to take her antibiotic this last week I’m covered in scratches and bandages.
Ooooh sounds good, please tell them they don’t have to bring their shirts.
I like my firemen shirtless
<and covered in chocolate *licks her lips*
I burrow under covers – not under cushions.
I guess you haven’t met my previous cats. It was heck trying to pry her outta there.
how did he do that?
funny now the T.V.
Funny it! Funny it now, dammit!
*waves arms*
*wiggles fingers*
*chants nonsensically*
Hmm. That didn’t seem to help.
Sweet now the transvestite.
Is that a question or a demand?
… the belle toils for you.
remember when that transvestite fell on his butt
lol … or make that *lmao* … what a performative that was!
I wish someone would funny mine. All it shows is crap.
I hate when my tv gets stuck on Lifetime.
I BET!
I CBS!
I see now people!
Younewvision?
Ugh. This pretty much happened to me. I was moving into a new apartment on the third floor of a building. I was skeptical about the couch but it went through the front door, fit up the stairs but then jammed in the front door the apartment. There was no getting it through. Once we finally got it loose again, we had to carry it all the way downstairs, put it back in the truck and take it to the Salvation Army, pretty much.
From that day forward, I vowed never to own a piece of furniture that could not be broken down into it’s component parts that can be individually carried by a single human being. Ikea has helped me nicely.
Thanks for sharing, Berk!
Got to love that IKEA furniture
Someone should forward this to IKEA. I am sure they will appreciate it.
*ring ring ring*
“Hello IKEA customer services, how may I help you?”
“Yes, I just want to tell you how happy I am and how much…”
“OH MY GOD! OH GOD!! (muffled) WHY IN GOD’S NAME DID YOU THINK THAT COULD SUPPORT 15 POUNDS! Hello? Still there? CALL BACK IN AN HOUR!!”
I appear to have a screw loose!
*takes screwdriver to K@’s screw*
*tightens*
There you go, sweetie! Right as rain!
*squeaks*
Fankoooooo
Unsurprising, since they didn’t put the allen wrench in the package!
That nor a hex key.
Though why would anybody want the key to heck?
To heck with the key!
Well, if you get danged to heck, you can’t be anywhere near Gosh.
Pergatory for keys? Is there such a thing?
*Checks low D old Piano*
*No Noise*
Yep!
^on
*purges couch cushions*
Ooo, jellybeans!
*looks hopeful*
*blink.blink*
Can I have the cotton candy one?
I get the buttered Popcorn one!
*Ack*
That wasn’t a jelly bean….
Slartibartfast’s Every Flavor Beans.
Mmmm. Fjord flavor! Icy.
*steals ‘e’ and inserts ‘u’ for sis*
*dusts comment*
*leaves*
HOORAYYYY!
Bukkit!
I can’t spell worth a lick lately…
Thanks, sis!
*squeeze*
*squuuuuuuuuueeeeeeeeeeeeeze*
WTF????????????
What Tacky Furniture??
Where’s The Floor?
Will Time Forget?
Worse than Failure? Oh my!
Wacky Terrible Ferrets?
Why Time Flies?
Where’s the Fridge?
Oh sweet Mer.
We Toast Fails.
*holds glass up for Mer*
What Test Flight?
*squeezes ZA*
My favourite zombie coming to the rescue, I’ll toast to that
See, I knew there was a reason I liked you, Mer — I always say he’s my favo[u]rite zombie, too!
*squeeeeze*
*squeeeze*
lol I didn’t now that. Well he is a nice zombie and he deserves a little love, don’t you think
*sends some love to ZA*
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
♫♪ Can you feel the love tonight ♫♪
This might work here as well…
ht tp://failblog.org/2010/04/15/epic-fail-photos-sober-fail-2/#comment-848518
Ahhhh! Cushy! *squeezesdaBugga-Boo*
Dunno, thought this sofa was made of new material…
sufferin’ sofa stofa suffocatin’!
*double checks Bugga-Boo’s name*
But … but … failpeeps aren’t food.
*mumbles confuzzedly on way to corner*
So close and yet sofa.
Sofa King (is) frustrated!
I feel stuck too.
Stairs in disbelief.
Yes, your mother can stay with us, she can sleep on the couch.
“Because she sleeps above her covers… FOUR FEET above her covers. She barks, she drools, she claws!”
Is she the Gate-Keeper?
oh the levity
What do I do if someone asks if I’m a dog?
Why, are you the keymaster?
*RIGL*
Young man! Put a “v” in there or I’m turning this blog right around!
If it’s Sigourney, I’d be the keymaster.
For the sexual adventurer in all of us. Try touching nonos and bumping uglies in that position. It’s no small feat.
Size 8, actually.
*flees*
*sigh*
5 1/2
Well, they say, “If he’s got big feet…”
I thought it was “If he’s got a big nose…”
My ex-husband was 6’6, with a size 15 shoe. You’d think, wouldn’tcha?!?!?
*waggles pinky*
True story.
I bet he could lift that sofa with one pinky tied behind his back though! :S
*snerk*
OR….Drunk Prank WIN!!!
Were they drinking a bucket of steroids?!
At least it’s not taking up valuable floor space.
“I dunno, I’m not sure I want pay for a dimension I’m not even going to use…”
This mist be a WIN
I keep thinking of that “Friends” episode where Ross, Chandler and Rachel move the couch — “PIVOT! PIVOT!”
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Mr Dent, I presume…?
CLEARLY he’s just using his Jedi powers to move the couch.
He as moving the Couch to the attic but the hole is to small.
I do believe Douglas Adams dedicated a book or two on this…..
invisible movers are … invisible.
The question is, is this a moving fail, or an anti-gravity win?
Those are some pretty epic walls. Mine would just dent, crumble and leave holes and streaks.
HE IS THE KING OF SPACE
can some1 explain to me how on earth is that even possible
The real fail is that the photographer is standing right under it. Someone slams a door upstairs and it’s all over.
ever read the dirk gently novels?
OMG LOL It’s the ghost of Douglas Adams come to mess with us from beyond!!
I love it. Yep that was my first thought.
And every time I’ve tried to move a couch up the stairs I think of that scene…
Bless his heart, may he RIP.
Mine too.
May he rest in the joy and fun that he brought to us!
Clearly he didn’t PIVOT enough.
I like to pretend the couch is going in the reverse direction.
Hey dumbass, what are you doing in its way?
Where’s the friggin’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy when you need it?!
Dunno. But I have a towel…
Storage Win!
Paging Dirk Gently…
NINJA SOFA
agrees! XD
This isn’t just a fail, it’s a WTFail.
moving fail… or prank win? :p
HOW THE F=¤# did you do that?
Douglas Adams WIN!
He could realy see the future!
Total fail!
How did the sofa end up?
OH MY GOD
I am almost positive that is my teacher for my math
class
Really, I think it’s a win for the couch.
A fail for the guy moving it, but a definite win for the couch.
haha the guys just standing there like “… wait … wtf.. how did THAT happen???”
Quick! Someone call Dirk gently!
Read the comments before you post. /:|
Sorry Dirk is busy with his refrigerator at the moment.
*1000 points paid, debris moves out of the way as the Nazi Zombies begin their damned sprint right towards him, all he can do is stand proudly and wait, his gun jammed and his grenade reserve empty. He was going to die and he knew it. A smile crept onto his face and he drew his knife, they wheren’t gonna get him without a fight.*
Ok I know that really has nothing to do with the picture, but when I saw this picture this is what came into my mind. xD
Pretty funny, but anyone who’s moved knows how very easily this can happen
OMG! I’ve done this. Jammed it in go bad we could climb on it and sit down. Had to have the doors redone by a carpenter.
Anybody ever read Douglass Adam’s Long Dark Teatime of the Soul? In it, there is a couch that got into the same position, but they said that since it was impossible for it to have gotten there, it was therefore impossible for it to get out!
RTFC!
Very beautiful lantern.
Haha… I took this pic. I had no idea but my brother(the guy in the pic) uploaded this. We came out of that apartment, and I said to Jim it wouldn’t fit. We had it on the wrong angle. He insisted it would and shoved and shoved and shoved. I told him to stop and wallah its stuck. I stepped back and took the pic. I ended up having to hang on the arm to break it so the couch would slide out.
I think I know that guy. Does he live near San Francisco?
I said pivot!
EVERYbody beat me to it. Though I worry if someone were to look at the record player.
Now I will be driving randomly and eventually arriving where I need to be.
Sincerest apologies to Mr Adams.
FOR ME TO TURN ON!
(they don’t call it a love seat for nothin’)
right on our supermarket, i can buy some cheap protein bars which i always consume when doing workouts *”:
SHOPD