When the world is in shambles I'll have to live out of a BILLY bookcase.

This is fun *and* informative.

On the other hand I'm sure the convenience store right next to Ikea carries a variety of lighters and/or matches, so -1 star for impracticality.

Hah, learned this in the Boy Scouts. It is not as easy as it looks, and a pretty damn smart early human figured this out all on his or her own.

I went to a party where the extremely alabaster middle class host was talking about all the wonderful IKEA furniture they got. I almost made a joke before I realized he was serious. I can't fathom why anyone in Kentucky buys IKEA, we have these people called The Amish that make ridiculously better furniture for the same price.

I was at an IKEA a long time ago and thought the rope was free. :(

OK i laughed when he made tinder and kindling out of Ikea shit too.

meat tastes beeter when roasted over a Klubb shelf

An Ikea would make an excellent fortress for your band of raiders, as well.

Saw this a couple weeks ago - was posted by the author of this book, which is an excellent read:
http://www.amazon.ca/The-Knowledge-Rebuild-World-Scratch/dp/15 9420523X

Really good because it's not so much about survival as rebuilding, and all the stuff you'd need to know to reboot civilization as efficiently as possible (how to plant and rotate crops, building an oven for smelting iron, essential components of the 4-stroke engine, etc).

But in the future you can also just follow the smoke, kill the person, and take their fire, right?