Wife: “Honey? The vacuum cleaner won’t turn on. I’ve tried three different plug-ins and it won’t work!”
Husband: “Okay, sweetheart. Let me take a look at it.”
Husband disassembles and performs tests on aforementioned vacuum cleaner, strokes non-existent beard thoughtfully while making various murmurs of concentration.
Husband: “Ah ha! Here’s the problem. The cord retractor has an intermittent wiper connection. I can fix that.”
Wife: “The retractor?”
Husband, while skillfully removing the retractor unit: “Yes. This thing. See? It has this huge steel coil spring that pulls the cord back inside.”
Wife: “What spring?”
Husband: “This -”
Husband: “-was the spring.”
Wife, dialing phone: “Hello, Stark’s Vacuums? Uh, my husband tried to…”
Maybe I should stick with plumbing.
That’s great. I hope that the repairs go well and are handled by a true professional.
(MD) Hmmmm… well, the problem was resolved by a professional salesman, does that count?
Took the vacuum to Stark’s and found out that it will cost just as much to fix it as it is to get a new one. I got a new candy apple red vacuum.
(Hubby) I think it was all just a clever plot to get me to acquiesce to your buying a new vacuum cleaner. Here I am, the unwitting pawn…
I would love a new candy apple red vacuum. I wonder if I could get The Mister to “fix” my old vacuum?
(MD) It couldn’t hurt to try. Not that I am in any way condoning such a devious practice. You’ll need to get in touch with Michael’s Mommy for pointers on how to pull this off.
Awesome! I am glad to know that other guys sometimes make things worse before they make them better. When our Vacuum cleaner went down it took me three trips to Wal-Mart to find the right belt. That is about how as far as my vacuum service goes.
(MD) One of the many delusions under which I labor is that of believing I can fix anything. While this is partly true, the “fixed” item usually ends up just a little bit… unusual… for the remainder of its service years. Oh, and I cannot fix toilets. They are evil.
Hey, you fixed my loose computer key!
(MD) True. Good thing there was only one moving part to that, and I had my glasses handy.