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012809fightclub01.jpgIt's just, when you buy furniture, you tell yourself, that's it. That's the last sofa I'm gonna need. Whatever else happens, I've got that sofa problem handled.

- Narrator/Tyler Durden - from Fight Club

 
 

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I still want a J. Fruktbar coffee table.

posted by Tar and Violets on January 28th 2009 at 12:39pm
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You just spoil the movie?

posted by K T G on January 28th 2009 at 1:39pm
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I was quite happy to be at Ikea once and witnessed a father and son talk about fitted sheets because I wondered if that was essential to their survival, in the hunter-gatherer sense of the word.

posted by grrliz on January 28th 2009 at 1:40pm
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That movie is classic.

posted by Nephthys on January 28th 2009 at 1:54pm
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Do you know what a duvet is? A comforter. It's a blanket. Just a blanket. Now why do guys like you and me know what a duvet is? Is this essential to our survival, in the hunter-gatherer sense of the word? No. What are we then?
...Consumers?
Right. We are consumers. We're the bi-products of a lifestyle obsession.
-Best.movie.ever

posted by elisam on January 28th 2009 at 2:05pm
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My favorite movie ever.

posted by sideproject on January 28th 2009 at 2:15pm
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K T G: no more so than telling people Kaiser Soze is the gimpy fella or that Vader is Luke's father :P

posted by gregory on January 28th 2009 at 2:18pm
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Good movie to quote - those the quotes I remember don't have to do with decorating.

posted by ChrisGal on January 28th 2009 at 4:41pm
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ChrisGal: I felt like they had everything to do with that sense of urgency many people have to fill their lives with "stuff", whether it be a sofa, accessories, or other items that end up owning us. Decorating is just one part of making a house a home.

posted by gregory on January 28th 2009 at 4:54pm
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Thanks Gregory - now Star Wars makes a lot more sense.

Meanwhile, It should read Narrator/Jack - It wasn't Tyler Durden who said that [without spoiling it further for KTG who hasnt seen the movie but knows the ending - i'll let you debate why this is true for yourselves] and the Narrator was given the name Jack for purposes of reference from the quotes 'I am Jack's raging bile duct' etc.

posted by pinky speedway on January 28th 2009 at 7:28pm
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I did see Fight Club, I just think at that part of the movie,

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Rot-13 encoder/decoder

posted by K T G on January 28th 2009 at 8:26pm
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I love Fight Club.

K T G -- Jnvg, jnvg, qba'g gryy zr! Nf V haqrefgbbq vg, Glyre jnf na nfcrpg bs Wnpx'f crefbanyvgl gb juvpu Wnpx nffvtarq n frcnengr vqragvgl -- na vqragvgl frra bayl ol Wnpx, fvapr rirelbar ryfr whfg fnj Wnpx orunivat reengvpnyyl nf obgu "Glyre" naq "Wnpx". Be... vf gung rira jung lbh'er nfxvat?

Rot-13 encoder/decoder

posted by rosenatti on January 28th 2009 at 9:05pm
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K T G --

Oh, duh -- now I see what you're saying, and I agree. Yes yes yes.

Ignore my dumb synopsis of the obvious, encoded above. :)

posted by rosenatti on January 28th 2009 at 9:10pm
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Where you going with this, Ikea boy?

posted by nashdp on January 28th 2009 at 9:58pm
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OMG (:O

Please amend that "Fight Club" quote ASAP to change or take out completely the name of the person being quoted!

"Fight Club" is one of my favourite films don't go spoilering it for anyone else!!

posted by idontdobeige on January 29th 2009 at 7:31am
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Well the ones I remember are the ones that don't have to do with decorating. Here are four or five of the ones that come right to my head (and yes I've seen this movie like ten to fifteen times):

"This is your life - it's ending one minute at a time."

"Hey, you created me. I didn't create some loser alter-ego to make myself feel better. Take some responsibility! "

"You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your fucking khakis. You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world. "

"If you wake up at a different time in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? "

And the funniest one to me: "WHOA! WHOA! WHOA! Ok, you are now firing a gun at your 'imaginary friend' near 400 GALLONS OF NITROGLYCERINE! "

posted by ChrisGal on January 29th 2009 at 9:00am
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