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Home » Blogs » Mathias Baden's blog

Brandon's new chair -- hooray!!

January 11, 2008 - 4:07pm — Mathias Baden
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How many nitwits does it take to put together a brown, plush chair? Two.

Mathias Baden and Brandon Otte, the editorial staff for your local newspaper, try their darnedest to work together to put together Brandon's new chair. Which he loves.

Note: We had "an edict from the president" to pay attention to the instructions, but there are no instructions included in the already opened box. Did that stop us? No. And we still came out with extra parts -- in fact, they were labeled as such in the packaging.

To see almost the full process of two guys assembling a chair without directions, see this one ...


To see Brandon celebrating his new chair, look at this video ...

To see both Brandon celebrating his new chair and almost the full process of two guys assembling a chair without directions, click on them each consecutively. They will run at the same time.


I'm impressed . . . and with...

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I'm impressed . . . and with no directions . . . you the guys!

You're heros to all of us out there who tell our wives all the time, "We don't need the directions" when questioned with "Honey, why don't you read the directions?"

Enjoy that chair Brandon!


Submitted by dhelke on January 13, 2008 - 10:23am.

The chair is pretty darn...

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The chair is pretty darn comfortable, and it hasn’t fallen apart yet.


Submitted by Brandon on January 14, 2008 - 10:23am.

I have visions of...

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I have visions of "Goldilocks" -- steer clear of the porridge!


Submitted by Ruth Anne Maddox on January 14, 2008 - 1:14pm.

You have to be kidding...

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You have to be kidding me?

(Brian Hall is the Sports Editor for the Jordan Independent and Shakopee Valley News, and can be reached at bhall@swpub.com.)


Submitted by bhall09 on January 14, 2008 - 6:18pm.

Of course we're kidding...

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Of course we're kidding around. What fun would life be if we didn't.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)


Submitted by Mathias Baden on January 14, 2008 - 7:54pm.

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