{"id":1664,"date":"2012-11-29T15:35:59","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T13:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/?p=1664"},"modified":"2012-11-29T15:35:59","modified_gmt":"2012-11-29T13:35:59","slug":"where-ikea-talks-how-he-met-sipsik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/where-ikea-talks-how-he-met-sipsik\/","title":{"rendered":".. where Ikea talks how he met Sipsik"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello there! It’s me, Ikea!<\/p>\n

Many times people and other friends have asked me about where I am from and how I got my name, Ikea. So, let me tell you!<\/p>\n

As much as can remember the first time i saw Sipsik in G\u00f6teborg, in this small bookstore that i was staying at the time. In fact, i don’t know how i got to the bookstore myself, and this is pretty much the first thing i remember about myself, being in the bookstore. I have to tell u that there were not many animals in the bookstore, besides me, a giraffe. Only books. And then, of course, the visitors. Like for exempel one older lady with blonde hair that came every day to fika and read a book or two in the store. Mostly detective stories, i think. And then i also remember one girl who usually came with 4-5 friends. She didn’t buy anything, but she came almost every day to look at me, a giraffe! It was Sipsik.<\/p>\n

One day one of her friends came to the store without Sipsik and told me that she was going to take me to a new home. The only condition – i had to go into a paper bag and stay there until right time. I was not quite sure where we were going, but i soon found out – suddenly someone was opening the bag and there was: Sipsik! It was her birthday and I was the present, hehe! Very nice to be a present for someone who likes giraffes a lot!<\/p>\n

But i was not the only present. There were other friends who brought presents. Especially it was fun for everybody to find out that two people had brought teddy-bears to Sipsik without knowing that the other person had the exact same Teddy! And they DID look alike, i can tell u! Here’s me, Sipsik, the teddies and friends:<\/p>\n

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So, it was all gr8 fun! But now there was a problem, how to call the teddies. Because, u know, u can’t call one teddy-bear teddy-bear without the other teddy-bear also noticing. So, it was decided at the party to rename teddies and me. I don’t know how it was exactly decided, because u know, it was decided in a secret teddy-bear-and-a-giraffe-naming-meeting, but i know the names had to be local. So as we were in Sweden, it just so happens that i got to be Ikea. As u may know<\/a>, it is also a store, where u can buy cupboards and stuff. And the teddies, they got the names of Swedish cars – Saab och Volvo!<\/p>\n

so now u know! how did u get your name? have fun and cu l8r!<\/p>\n

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Hello there! It’s me, Ikea! Many times people and other friends have asked me about where I am from and how I got my name, Ikea. So, let me tell you! As much as can remember the first time i saw Sipsik in G\u00f6teborg, in this small bookstore that i was staying at the time. … Continue reading .. where Ikea talks how he met Sipsik<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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