Man camouflaged as pile of paper at Ikea

Marilyn sez, "Urban Camouflage: imaginative use of military ghillie suit where you look like a tree, local vegetation etc. Funny videos! Another guy disguised to look lie a pile of boxes that has tumbled from shelves in the warehouse area. When he starts to shuffle away it's funny!" Shown here: "person disguised as pile of colored paper at Ikea, next to display of same."

URBAN CAMOUFLAGE (Thanks, Marilyn!)

[#1 posted by HeartlessMachine, March 5, 2009 7:30 AM]

I prefer the guy disguised as a pile of yellow bags. Brilliant! I want more!

[#2 posted by Gary61, March 5, 2009 7:38 AM]

Cool - I can totally see him .. must be the pixels ....

[#3 posted by Anonymous, March 5, 2009 7:48 AM]

Wait a minute, is that... LL Cool J??

[#4 posted by TroofSeeker, March 5, 2009 7:54 AM]

Okay so I'm in Ikea to get some iron-on transfer sheets so I can make some Free The Octopi tee shirts for a protest rally.

This creep dressed as a paper pile keeps bugging me about how cheap their reams of saffron paper are. So I chase him out of the store with my Bic lighter.
He can't see very well, I guess, 'cause he runs into a re-cycling bin just as the Shred-It truck arrives.

If you should open a ream of paper and there's a fingernail or a bit of cillia imbedded in a few sheets, say a few words for the paper boy.

[#5 posted by Anonymous, March 5, 2009 7:55 AM]

That's brilliant! Those are foam dishrags, by the way, not coloured paper.

[#6 posted by Alex_M, March 5, 2009 7:57 AM]

Actually it's a guy camouflaged as a pile of dishcloths at "City Gross" a Swedish supermarket.

The other pics are IKEA though.

[#7 posted by Anonymous, March 5, 2009 8:21 AM]

Is that Robert De Niro?

[#8 posted by tomrigid, March 5, 2009 8:50 AM]

With the prevalence of CCTV, I'm guessing we "see" runway-camouflaged runway offerings at next year's Fashion Week.

[#9 posted by mdh, March 5, 2009 8:59 AM]

"One Shot One Kill" meets "That Was Easy"

[#10 posted by Onigorom, March 5, 2009 9:08 AM]

Does anyone know who's the artist?

[#11 posted by PaulR, March 5, 2009 9:11 AM]

Just the thing for sniper-shooting spit balls.

Paging Mr. Tuttle/Buttle!

[#12 posted by bookofbiff, March 5, 2009 9:31 AM]

I think these are just leftover costumes from old Doctor Who shows.

[#13 posted by yclept, March 5, 2009 9:32 AM]

And then there was the time I camoflaged myself as a blanket and hid in my bed so my brother couldn't find me. Dare I say, what's the point?

[#14 posted by Tron, March 5, 2009 9:39 AM]

The Paper Pile's arch enemy is the Iron Broom.

[#15 posted by nanuq, March 5, 2009 9:50 AM]

Are you sure this isn't just an occupational safety video warning of the dangers of working in a office supply warehouse?

[#16 posted by Alex_M, March 5, 2009 9:59 AM]

I found a whole website devoted to Swedish urban camouflage artists..
http://www.hidenow.se

[#17 posted by ill lich, March 5, 2009 10:09 AM]

This is not too dissimilar to the stuff we used to do in a warehouse I once worked in-- when business is slow, employees improvise entertainment in great ways. Or at least they used to until the internets provided hours of silly videos to watch.

[#18 posted by Marilyn Terrell, March 5, 2009 11:13 AM]

@ #3 Troofseeker: you crack me up!

[#19 posted by micknye, March 5, 2009 11:16 AM]

It may come in handy at times, notably IKEA, being able to get out of an IKEA warehouse unspotted by customer service staff, can be really helpful.

Micky

[#20 posted by Anonymous, March 5, 2009 11:45 AM]

Paulr wins with the very disturbing "Brazil" reference.

[#21 posted by Antinous / Moderator, March 5, 2009 2:01 PM]

micknye,

You can put your blog link on your profile page, thanks.

[#22 posted by cattermole, March 5, 2009 5:05 PM]

I did some statistical analysis on the ships of the Italian Navy in WWII. This was the only one with a large proportion of camoflaged ships (known to be camoflaged at the time of loss), with the rest as a control, about which details of their fate were known. The difference was not statistically significant.

[#23 posted by neurolux, March 5, 2009 6:28 PM]

Ikea sells office supplies? The Ikea near me only sells furniture and meatballs.

[#24 posted by Made in DNA, March 5, 2009 7:29 PM]

"see the pretty well camouflage effect in a real situation."

yeah, this'll come in great if i am ever attacked in an ikea.

funny, but stupid and pointless.

[#25 posted by dainel, March 6, 2009 7:52 AM]

#22 cattermole, perhaps thats because the Italian Navy during WW2 did not employ Swedish camoflaged artists.

[#26 posted by chris23, March 6, 2009 3:59 PM]

"Remember... we're all in this together, kid."