“Les vendeurs Ikea” meme: meaning, origin and rare card

What does the “Les vendeurs Ikea” meme mean?

The line mocks a salesperson, or anyone, who speaks a language nobody understands, or who answers a question with total confidence and zero content. It also evokes flat-pack furniture, odd product names and maze-like store aisles. Much of the fun lies in the sound: people say “Schtömales pas schteumeul” with an accent, stressing every syllable. In conversation, it means “I understand nothing, but I say it with confidence”, or it simply serves as a quote friends know by heart.

Where does the “Les vendeurs Ikea” meme come from?

The sketch features two salesmen in a furniture store modelled on Ikea, played by Palmashow, the comedy duo of Grégoire Ludig and David Marsais, who met at school and write their sketches together. It was posted on the duo’s YouTube channel as “Les vendeurs Ikea”. The scene plays on the language barrier: when a customer asks for shelves, the salesmen answer in pseudo-Swedish gibberish, and the line “Schtömales pas schteumeul!” became its emblem. The duo also made other salesperson sketches, such as the clothes shop sellers, but the Ikea one remains among its most emblematic.

How to use the “Les vendeurs Ikea” meme

• Answer “Schtömales pas schteumeul!” when someone asks where the shelves are.
• Quote the sketch while assembling flat-pack furniture with friends.
• Fire off the line when facing incomprehensible technical jargon.
• Send the clip to someone heading to Ikea.

The “Les vendeurs Ikea” card in MyMemeCards

Number	No. 2157
Rarity	Rare
Collection	Memes FR pack
Fame	50/100 · #753 of 3493
Recycle value	10 MemeCoins (30 in Shiny)
Suggested by	@mrrigolo

How to get the “Les vendeurs Ikea” card

Every pack holds 5 meme cards, the first 3 of them Common; Les vendeurs Ikea comes out of the Memes FR pack as a rare card. The pack odds say what each rarity weighs.

Your first pack is free and needs no account. After that a new free pack lands every 10 minutes, up to 3 waiting for you. You can also buy the card with MemeCoins on the market, bid for it at auction, or trade it — and a double recycles into 10 MemeCoins.

The reprint of the “Les vendeurs Ikea” card

The “Les vendeurs Ikea” card was reprinted as Epic (No. 3,856). A reprint is the same meme printed again, with a number of its own and a higher rarity than its first printing, which was rare. Its face reads “Reprinted card · Higher rarity”.

Every printing is dealt in the packs of the Memes FR pack, each at its own rarity: the higher it is, the rarer the card is to pull. Copies of the first printing already pulled stay as they are, and any printing counts toward completing a set.

MyMemeCards reprints a meme when it deserves more than the rarity of its first printing, such as a classic that became iconic after it came out: the reprint gives it a place among the most sought-after cards without taking anything from the players who already had it.

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