A few weeks ago a friend of mine gave me, with the best intentions I’m sure, his deceased mother’s Hoover Turbopower vacuum cleaner. I tried it out yesterday. Unfortunately it works. It greedily sucked up several months worth of detritus which had been happily minding its on business on my one and only bit of carpet. Now the most revolting looking stains are visible all over my sitting room floor-covering. I’ve taken to wearing a Waitrose carrier bag on each foot in case my shoes catch something nasty.
Do you think if I reverse the wires in the plug and run the Hoover over the carpet again it might spit its last meal back out and restore the status quo? I’ll have to do something or I’ll be driven to drink….
Tom Quirk