We got a new hoover. It is a Henry. British people love this hoover, I was skeptical but since hoovering is Andy's thing (I have a cordless thing I use most... Andy is the proper hoover-er) he did the research and thought a Henry was right.
This is a Henry:
The old hoover was £75 and the first new hoover we ever bought and £75 seemed soo expensive 10 years ago. This hoover was not much more expensive, but I just don't get the "Henry" thing. Why is Henry so happy? Is this a hoover than exists in the states?
I finally decided to hoover with it since we still don't have a cleaner and my yoga practice has made me more acquainted with the amount of dirt and hair on the floor of my office.
Hoovering was going well - it is a very strong hoover and with the long cord thing I could get behind furniture etc.
As I was spot hoovering the floor and wall I accidentally hoovered up one of my workout socks.
side note: maybe this is why I should pick *everything* off the the floor before I start hoovering instead of thinking I will just quickly hoover around things on the floor?
Another side note: these socks are thin ankle socks that came in a pack of 5. I have had a single sock floating around for months. I eventually threw away the single sock and then I still have a single sock, which means I guess I threw away partner sock? So I threw away partner sock and I STILL seem to have single sock??
After hoovering up either single or partner sock I took the other two floor socks (why did I have 3 floor socks??! what is happening, I promise I only ever wear two socks at a time) and moved them to safety across the room.
Then I stood up, turned around while holding the hoover nozzle, and accidentally hoovered both of those socks up too.
Even though the socks were cheap and old I felt that hoovering three socks up is rather excessive so I tried to get the socks out but it's a bagged hoover and socks do not survive well in a bag of house grime for even a minute.
Lessons Learned
- A Henry hoover is pretty good at hovering, despite looking so... odd.
- I am not good at hoovering (I knew this)
- There is a reason one picks everything off the floor before hoovering
- We should probably find a new cleaner
- I probably need new workout socks
Have you ever hoovered up a sock? Have you seen or owned a Henry before? What the weirdest thing you've accidentally hoovered up?
I adore "hoover" as a verb, but I feel like I have to answer in American and say "vacuum". My worst vacuum mishap was sucking up my laptop charging cable and ruining it, and I've also had some incidents of vacuuming near shoes and snagging the shoe laces. I don't think that our vacuum is powerful enough to eat a sock, but also I haven't tried.
ReplyDeleteHenry might be a little funny looking, but if he works then he works! We need to get a new vacuum. We have an old canister vacuum that works fine, but is heavy and awkward to use, and so we've gotten a couple of cheapo Shark vacuums to supplement it. The first one died after 5 years and the replacement died after a year. My choices are to do research into a good brand/price point or to get another Shark. I haven't gotten tired enough of the heavy canister to be motivated to start this project.
OMG I would be so sad to hoover or vacuum up a laptop cable! Was the laptop plugged in? Did the laptop survive? I am also a sucker for vacuuming near shoe laces too which never goes well.
DeleteWe have a shark which is fine, but the Henry is definitely much stronger. But, i am lazy and I don't like carrying it from room to room. To be honest, I should probably just try and hire a cleaner again...
Henry looks suspiciously like what we would call a shop vac in the US? Our shop vac would certainly eat socks if we let it! Its great for the car, garage, sometimes even the basement etc I would never want to use it for the living areas of house. Too large and clunky and doesn't have a beater brush.
ReplyDeleteI love the smiley face on the Henry, though!
Oh I went down a google rabbit hole but I realized I think I was conflating the Henry with a shop vac! I even watched a youtube video on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etrgCq1KMII
DeleteApparently it is not a shop vac... and the smiley face is a plus!
We definitely say vacuum here, but I love when my British friend (who cleans for a living) says hoover.
ReplyDeleteI agree that DOES look like a ShopVac. But Henry is adorable and looks so happy. I've never seen a Henry before!
We have a battery operated upright now which my husband gave me for Christmas and I LOVE and we have two robot vacuums which I adore. Our floors are very light coloured and show everything and I feel like I could spend an hour a day just trying to keep my floors looking half decent. But life's too short for that, so I do a quick "hoover" every day or two and figure that will suffice....
Apparently it's not a shop vac as I learned via google! I think I just like spelling "hoover" more than "vacuum"... although I do always say "hoover" as well. I sort of assumed Canadians would say "hoover" so I am surprised to learn it's vacuum!
DeleteWe never really got on with the robot vacuum here (which, incidentally, I would always call a robot vacuum and not a robot hoover) but I think it might have been our rug and furniture layout. It always seemed to get stuck and I also didn't like the noise of it bumping into the wall all the time. I know you love yours so maybe we will have to try again someday.
I laughed out loud when I read you vacuumed up the pair of socks! 😂
ReplyDeleteMy cleaners once vacuumed up an earring I had dropped that I had to forgotten to dig out from behind the dresser before they came, but miraculously they had a canister vacuum and were able to find it and get it back to me!! - Kat
Oh that is lucky to get the earring back! I often hear the distinctive clunk of something going in the vacuum and thing "Well I hope that was a pebble or something"... I'm sure I've thrown away a small pile of lego by now.
DeleteHa! I think you might be in a comedy movie and not realize it. -rachel
ReplyDeleteOkay, this was hilarious. And the fact that your hoover has a face makes it all the more amusing to me. He clearly feels pretty pleased about his sock-sucking prowess.
ReplyDeleteThere are always socks on our floors, but mainly they belong to my kid. I have a similar issue with always having one sock without a partner. Where do the missing socks go? A mystery for the ages.