You know the one I mean. She’s got a birthday or Christmas or an anniversary coming up and is expecting her husband to get her a diamond ring or a fancy new car or maybe a day-pass to a spa. Instead, she gets a vacuum cleaner or a toaster.
This analogy isn’t really working.
Diamond ring? Bah! New car? If its a Jeep Wrangler, sure. Day-pass to a spa? Only if they offer happy endings.
Besides, the point of the disappointed housewife is that she’s furious her husband gets her the vacuum cleaner, and proceeds to throw quite a bit of crockery at him.
And the point I’m trying to make is that I completely take-back everything I’ve said about Dyson owners in this post. I don’t have a particular love for the Dyson brand or anything, but when my mom hinted at what I might like for Christmas last Monday, I may have responded with, “A good vacuum cleaner” … because the one I bought on sale at Target blows.
Honestly, I’ll be happy with one that can suck and comes with various “tools.”
(If you read that the way I know you did, let me just say: pervert.)
besides which, as you walk around “dysoning,” you can use a faux british accent and feel all tip-tip-hoorah.
Comment by johnny dollar — November 2, 2006 @ 1:14 pm
I just got a new vaccuum cleaner. It’s a Kenmore and it’s got this IntelliClean thing that makes it suck harder because it can tell when it’s over a dirtier part of the floor and it doesn’t suck as hard when it’s over a cleaner part of the floor. It’s so awesome! And, it was like, two hundred dollars less than the Dysons.
Comment by Bekah — November 2, 2006 @ 11:07 pm
Ah, just suck it up.
Haw!!
Comment by Sally — November 3, 2006 @ 10:44 pm