Brixton chitter chatter, part 2

[quimcunx]

I probably thought you were being sarcastic with your emporium description.


I can't believe I nearly missed out on a whole world of rugs.

 

[Not a Vet]

I can't believe I nearly missed out on a whole world of rugs.

You really need to get out more

 

[quimcunx]

You really need to get out more

Trust me, I'll be in there tonight, quick stylee.

 

[Not a Vet]

Trust me, I'll be in there tonight, quick stylee.

Be careful, if a rug was to fall, you could be crushed to death...

 

[quimcunx]

It would be an honourable way to go.

 

[quimcunx]

Well I don't know how I could have doubted teuchter's words. There was indeed a rug emporium at the back. They weren't quite as bad as I was expecting. I liked one of the dining table and chair sets. They must have been round the liquidisation sales.

Apparently they are going to be there for 7 months.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

They must have been round the liquidisation sales.

 

[quimcunx]

Well they have a bit of a random assortment. I think they've bought up leftover stock from businesses that have gone out of business.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Well they have a bit of a random assortment. I think they've bought up leftover stock from businesses that have gone out of business.

Is liquidation the same as liquidisation?

 

[Not a Vet]

Is liquidation the same as liquidisation?

No liquidation is when you're assets are sold off to make money for your creditors whereas liquidisation is when you're drunk and you piss all over the sofa, apparently

 

[quimcunx]

Is liquidation the same as liquidisation?

i was using a metaphorical pun with regard to how the current credit crunch has pulverized good, honest purveyors of fine furniture.

 

[quimcunx]

No liquidation is when you're assets are sold off to make money for your creditors whereas liquidisation is when you're drunk and you piss all over the sofa, apparently

The sofas in there were uniquely well-placed to deal with drunken piss, being covered, as they were, in wipe-clean vinyl.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

No liquidation is when you're assets are sold off to make money for your creditors whereas liquidisation is when you're drunk and you piss all over the sofa, apparently

Well that's what I thought. I didn't realise Quimmy was being clever

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

The sofas in there were uniquely well-placed to deal with drunken piss, being covered, as they were, in wipe-clean vinyl.

There was a girl sitting on one of them (the cream one) and I heard the guy saying he could guarantee she wouldn't get them cheaper anywhere else.



They're horrible

 

[quimcunx]

Well that's what I thought. I didn't realise Quimmy was being clever

Probably safest to always assume I'm being clever.

Ehem.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Probably safest to always assume I'm being clever.

Ehem.

and you told me you were thick

 

[quimcunx]

There was a girl sitting on one of them (the cream one) and I heard the guy saying he could guarantee she wouldn't get them cheaper anywhere else.



They're horrible

The ones beside the rug emporium were truly vile.

Beside the beds though was a sofabed in a style I had looked at while in a more salubrious establishment before. I quite liked how it morphed into a bed. I never wanted it in cream vinyl though. Which is a shame cos £249 is cheapness.

 

[quimcunx]

and you told me you were thick

I'm sure I didn't, but if I did I expect I was being clever in some way.

 

[Not a Vet]

The sofas in there were uniquely well-placed to deal with drunken piss, being covered, as they were, in wipe-clean vinyl.

nice..I really must stop in, it's like Brixton's version of Ikea. I wonder if in true Ikea style the products all have local names. E.g. a "what the fuck are you looking at Throw" or "whistle skunk rug"

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I'm sure I didn't, but if I did I expect I was being clever in some way.

Well you said you weren't educated or words to that effect when I said U75 posters were all too educated and intelligent for me

I knew you were lying though

 

[quimcunx]

nice..I really must stop in, it's like Brixton's version of Ikea. I wonder if in true Ikea style the products all have local names. E.g. a "what the fuck are you looking at Throw" or "whistle skunk rug"

I have a covetous eye on the Abashanti dining room set.

 

[Pip]

The ones beside the rug emporium were truly vile.

Beside the beds though was a sofabed in a style I had looked at while in a more salubrious establishment before. I quite liked how it morphed into a bed. I never wanted it in cream vinyl though. Which is a shame cos £249 is cheapness.

I think I know the one you mean, it caught my eye too.

Although, in my memory it looks a bit like this

Whereas in reality it's probably closer to this

 

[quimcunx]

I think I know the one you mean, it caught my eye too.

Although, in my memory it looks a bit like this

Yep, similar to the Barcelona style but with a back that can be shoved down to make a bed. This one looks pretty similar.

What put me off it when I first saw the design was the lack of arms and also it comes quite far out from the wall even in sofa mode, IIRC.

 

[Pip]

Yep, similar to the Barcelona style but with a back that can be shoved down to make a bed. This one looks pretty similar.

What put me off it when I first saw the design was the lack of arms and also it comes quite far out from the wall even in sofa mode, IIRC.

If you're after a new sofa I implore you to try ebay. I know it's really obvious, but I got a Rodney Kinsman sofa from there for peanuts!

 

[quimcunx]

I seem to remember you posting up a couple of sofas.

I hadn't thought of Ebay, actually.

sofas confuse me. I think I expect too much from them or have contradictory needs.

 

[Pip]

Don't bother with the homes and garden bit, go to antiques and then onto the sofa section. You get loads of amazing modernist and Danish stuff on there.

 

[teuchter]

Mies van der Rohe will be spinning in his grave if he hears you comparing the red one to the barcelona.

 

[quimcunx]

Mies van der Rohe will be spinning in his grave if he hears you comparing the red one to the barcelona.

Good. I was saying that the the one in Woolies was somewhere between the two. Mies and his fanboys can spin all they want. They are not disimilar in the grand scheme of sofadom


Are you familiar with the Economist building? I think the Barcelona chairs in there might be originals. Plus it is made from Portland stone with marine fossils in it.


It's quite near you.

 

[teuchter]

Good. I was saying that the the one in Woolies was somewhere between the two. Mies and his fanboys can spin all they want. They are not disimilar in the grand scheme of sofadom


Are you familiar with the Economist building? I think the Barcelona chairs in there might be originals. Plus it is made from Portland stone with marine fossils in it.


It's quite near you.

Yes. It's by the same architects as Robin Hood Gardens.

 

[quimcunx]

Yes. It's by the same architects as Robin Hood Gardens.

I was going to accuse you of shamelessly promoting one of your own threads, but I see it's not yours, so I won't.


Pip:

I don't want a worn out one. I already have one of those. I'm going to have a look now though. I'm not normally allowed on ebay.