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Who loves stripes and has a busted futon? That chick. – Ms. Fix-It
Favorite Comment: Fixer mindmelda says, “Futon” is Japanese for “Cheap ass collapsible bed”.
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I wonder how much she weighs ?
You know, there’s going to be a war between Jenny Craig & Weight Watchers for rights to use this picture.
Tell me that got broken via wild lovemaking and not by having one too many Twinkies while playing on the XBox.
Both hypothesises are valid.
*hypotheses
I guess someone copied that lovemaking scene at the beginning of “Barely Legal”.
Obviously the boyfriend supplied the jack to insure future romantic athletics will not overtax the facilities.
I would surmise the condition of the futon’s surroundings
supportlean toward indicate the too-many-Twinkies-and-X-box theory. Huh.*
lean toward**sigh…*
I have the very same futon and trying to make love on that would be, at best, a good way to hurt yourself.
It’s for adjusting your comfort level, I guess.
That futon is jacked!
That would explain the title.
Pepto-Bismol, pillow, blanket/comforter…someone must be sick. But I don’t think the jack is quite the pick-me-up needed to lift the person’s spirits. They say that laughter is the best medicine. If that jack slips, I envision the whole futon folding in half, enveloping the person in what would look like a big colorful pita. Everyone else will be doing the laughing, though. *snicker* Ahem…sorry.
NASCAR fan. Must have happened in the middle of a race.
After finishing her yoga session in the commode, Mrs Spratt assumed the lotus position on the sofa bed.
Damn! Someone swiped my new rims!
You had rims on that piece of s***?
i have that exact same jack under my futon
That tubular steel is crap, and can’t be repaired. One tall, somewhat heavy guy flopping himself down in the middle would do that. If you can’t afford a new one, (and by the look of this photo, they can’t) a jack would do well, until the frame winds up on the curb.
One thing to do when you start to notice the frame being stressed is to stuff the tube with a wood dowel. The filler material will slow the furniture’s demise via slow crushing of the filler, rather than suddenly folding in half and clamping around your screaming form.
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yeah , or just get a cuting torch and some kind of scrap metal flat bar, then heat it , put it on the tube and “marry” the two piece together.
I don’t think the phrase “can’t be repaired” has ever been stated on this page before.
That’s why we have things like duct tape, Bondo, and super glue.
I still say the title should be, “That’s one jacked up futon.”
Done it
Jack it higher – it’s still sagging!
That’s what SHE said!
Well, fixed that sag, but made 2 new sags.
My friend’s futon had the exact same issue. That, and it was slanted at about 45 degrees instead of 60 (very uncomfortable to watch TV without a pillow). And it was very difficult to open. And when it opened, it opened too much and there was an uncomfortable ridge down the middle.
We didn’t ever use a jack, but we used a couple of speakers that happened to be the perfect size to keep it from opening too far and being uncomfortable.
Embarrassing disclosure–we have that futon frame and had fix it after about 9 months and 2 teenage boys. I cut it open and used steel piping. The cheap hollow frame tubing isn’t built for any stress. Now that I see this I guess all my work was for waste I could have just used the jack from the car. Of course then if I had to jack up the car, would I have to use the pillows from the couch?
Yup. And to raise and lower the car you use the little Allen wrench that came with the futon.
I hate to admit it, but the middle post on my futon broke when I was in college. I just carefully propped in back in place and hoped that it wouldn’t collapse!
Pshaw, that’s obviously a bachelor’s place. No woman would leave the jack sideways to kick with her toes!
I usally move the pepto bismol before I take photos of mt interior decorating.
i i i i’m not fat, i’m big bone!
I had one of these a few years ago. $100 at Walmart. Same thing happened to it, except it was the back leg.
Thing was uncomfortable as hell too.
i used old books to hold up my ikea futon a while back
Sleeping over is as jacked up as they said it would be.
“Futon” is Japanese for “Cheap ass collapsible bed”.
When you’re neighbour gives you a futon for free, suddenly be suspicious that once you get it in the house, you need firewood (or something else solid) to keep it from collapsing on you and that your neighbour has moved across town.
*your
Considering the mileage on that thing, while they’re having the suspension looked at, they should also get them to rotate the cushions and straighten the frame.
Too late for the sign that read “Weight limit 400 lbs.”
“Eh, just throw it on the Futon for now. What? Dude, I know that futon, and I know what it can take; therefore I know that it’s fine. Just drop the internal combustion engine in the middle. That way we can still sit on it and it’ll function as a table too.
I actually have the same futon frame, I can attest to it’s fail.
Me too. I can’t wait until I can move and return it to the dumpster from which it came.
Holy Sh*t!! I have that same jack holding up my bed!
“Idiots! I meant drop the engine block on the bed OF THE PICKUP, not the bed ON THE FUTON!! How the heck are we going to fix this? Oh, wait, I have an idea…”
Barko lounger for the 1000 lb man?
Something tells me that 1.5 ton jack is about to fail.
Futon is Japanese for “sore back”