This happened to me the other day. I was at home alone, except for the cat, and I decided to vacuum clean the carpet in the front room. The windows in the house were shut. After a while I felt a little light-headed, then I felt rather faint. I must have lost consciousness and fell to the ground.
Unfortunately, the vacuum cleaner was still on and it tried to suck me and the cat within it.
I slowly eased myself forward an inch at a time until I reached the electric socket in the wall and I unplugged the vacuum cleaner.
I opened the window to let in some air in the room as I was gasping for breath.
I then reversed the vacuum cleaner controls from suck to blow and switched it on. The cat shot out of the nozzle at speed and flew out of the window upwards, past the tree in our front garden, and into the open window of our neighbour's bathroom, and landed into our neighbour's lap as she was lying there in a warm bubble bath.
I'll leave the rest of the scenario to your imagination as I stood there watching at her window and asking for our cat back!
LOL!!!
ReplyDeleteThe moral of this story is...water and electricity don't mix!
One other point...cat hair is hard to vacuum up especially when the cat is still wearing it 😸
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You are so right, Jan. Maybe I should have shaved the cat first, before vacuum cleaning it.
DeleteI like the little cartoons you draw on your comments.
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Those little cartoons are just emojis that came on my tablet...can't take credit for drawing them 🎃
DeleteThey look good, Jan. Thanx.
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I could only wish that my vacuum was as powerful as yours. It doesn't even do a good job of picking up the cat hair that's strewn all over the carpets.
ReplyDeleteHi Kathy. As Jan said above. Are you sure the cat hair is not still stuck to your cat? Also, all vacuum cleaners would suck powerfully as mine if all your windows are closed. Because as it sucks less and less air in the house it becomes more and more powerful. PLEASE don't try it though. You and your cat may well be sucked into your cleaner; as nearly happened to me. Also, please warn others of this danger. Get them to read this post.
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I've vacuumed a good many times in my life and nothing exciting ever happened to me. : )
ReplyDeleteThat's because, thankfully, you had the windows open, Happyone.
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I can only imagine!
ReplyDeleteIndeed Christine.
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My vacuums always lacked the sucking power, it used to frustrate me every time I used it. Finally invested in a good broom. :)
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your evening Victor.
Brooms are good, Bill. They don't suck the oxygen from a room when the windows are shut.
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Well, there's an adventure that truly "sucked." LOL! Thanks for the laugh, Victor, and glad to know you were able to let your cat out of the (vacuum) bag!
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Yes, it truly sucked, Martha. I could have easily been sucked into the vacuum cleaner with no computer on which to write my blogs !!!
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I've always suspected no good could come from vacuuming. Meanwhile, I'm still on the hunt for a domestic animal that consumes dust and pollen. :)
ReplyDeleteI agree that vacuuming is a waste of time, and a collection of waste, Mevely. I don't see the point of it. The more we clean our house, the more dust accumulates. I have now put a door mat inside the house so people can wipe their shoes before leaving the house.
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I'm so glad the cat was blown out and hopefully the neighbor brought him home once she was out of her bath! LOL Always fun, Victor, always fun!
ReplyDeleteMy neighbour was not well pleased. To have a flying cat land on one in the bath is no fun, I tell you. Well ... at the time it was fun for me. Always fun, as you say.
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Watching at her window? Yes, I can only imagine, Victor :}
ReplyDeleteIt was a bungalow ... I wanted our cat back !!!
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"Sound does not travel in a vacuum." Cracks me up, Victor!
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It doesn't, Lulu. That's what our science teacher said at school.
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