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“Say Goodnight, Dick”, to which Dick Martin would reply “Goodnight Dick” was the catchphrase which ended most of the shows of the Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In. Sadly, Dick Rowan died over the weekend of respiratory complications in a hospital in Santa Monica. He was 86.

I can barely remember the show when it was aired in the UK, but I do recall the novelty of it all - with guests popping out of windows in a wall and saying daft things (This technique then copied by many shows after that). Also there were the characters - “Very interesting… but stupid” - from the German soldier behind the bush, played by Arte Johnson.

Dick Rowan went onto become one of US televisions busiest TV directors, working on episodes of “Archie Bunker’s Place”, “Newhart” and “Family Ties” to name a few. But he’ll be more funnily remembered as the zany guy who was part of the Dan Rowan/Dick Martin “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In”.

So, “Goodnight Dick” - it was fun.

On Saturday 19th 2008 Ikea celebrated 21 years in the UK. We did not know this when we casually went shopping to Ikea yesterday morning.

We did not know:
1. The car park at Ikea, Lakeside, Essex would be full at 09:30am.
2. The Ikea store would be full.
3. We would have to wait for an hour in the warehouse for part of a shelf unit that wasn’t there.
4. The Ikea store had been open from 6am - and was closing at midnight - staying open 21 hours.

So, you can imagine our surprise that Ikea had been in the UK for 21 years. It seemed like it would take 21 years to get out of the store! However, it was nice to get 21% off the goods, (cabinet and curtains), that we bought.

And for more great deals on Ikea furniture, take a look here for some great bargains:

At the 30th Birthday celebrations I suggest Ikea get:
1. 30 times more staff.
2. 30 times more stock on their best selling lines.
3. 30 lines for sale only during the 30th birthday celebrations.
4. (At least…!) 30 more parking spaces for the 30 times more customers you’ll be getting

Happy Birthday Ikea!

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Ikea 21 Years In UK