hours of swedish entertainment

so i was looking through the IKEA Germany site at furniture and they have this thing called "frag einfach Anna!" which means "just ask Anna!" and it is a virtual chat bot, pictured below (sorry for the poor quality) that answers questions about stuff like furniture, etc. but you can also ask her stuff like, "what is your name? how old are you?" etc. but if you ask her something like "do you have a boyfriend?" she gets all pissy and say "sorry, i can only answer IKEA related questions."

besides the chat bot being entertaining in itself, i find it terribly amusing that THE SWEDE's name is Anna as well, though she is way cooler than this Anna, for sure. it's like, Anna is the stereotypical name for Swedish women. erin writes about the swede sometimes, check it out.


anyway, i checked and the US site for IKEA has an Anna, too. she is not as hot as the german anna, and she refuses to answer any personal questions at all. she is a little cranky. and if, i frustration to this, you start swearing at her, she just freezes up, kind of shrugs her shoulders. get mad woman, get mad!

in other IKEA news, i checked the website and freaking utah is getting an IKEA. why the heck won't they put one in denver--there are way more yuppies here than salt lake!