MÄNLAND

I know that the two dots over a vowel is called the "umlaut", but adding them to the official title of Ikea's latest innovation, 

MÄNLAND kinda makes it look like a swedish gay band rather than a place for red blooded American Males. 

But MANLAND apparently is a daycare center for those of us with hair on our balls. 

The “play space” comes complete with Xbox consoles, flatscreen TVs, arcade machines, a foosball table, and free hot dogs



Free HOT Dogs!!! 
Well why didn't you say so! I am SO There!!


My favorite quote from the article I read the first morning after it's inception was:


"Women were given buzzers with 30 minute timers to remind them to pick up their husbands, boyfriends, fathers, brothers"


implying that women will either get caught up in the frenzy of laminated furniture, or take the opportunity to leave their men behind like driving a stray out into the country and opening the car door. 


There's a brand new Ikea store just south of Denver that I'll have to visit now, just to see if MANLAND is the Utopian society we all hope and dream for.