Comments | mechers: dumb things not to do

mechers

dumb things not to do

Nov 23, 2007 08:46

A friendly warning from your neighborhood dummy: do not suck up live coals with your sweeper.

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Comments 7

herewithme November 23 2007, 18:52:18 UTC

OH NO!

myjesusisbetter November 23 2007, 21:47:13 UTC

eep!

mechers November 26 2007, 17:25:40 UTC

Yes.

ichbinkelsey November 24 2007, 00:18:29 UTC

The mind reels. Was there fire?

mechers November 26 2007, 17:34:18 UTC

Yes, but not in a terrible dramatic way. I was sucking up the ashes that had spilled from the fireplace, and one of them glowed red as the sucker tube neared it. "Uh-oh," I thought, but in it went anyway. Immediately there was a horrible smell for which I cannot find a fun metaphor. Imagine the stale dust smell from your vacuum bag starting to smolder. There is really nothing else like it. "Oh dear," I thought. "Oh dear" seems to be my stock response to fire, as though Winnie the Pooh has overtaken the vocabulary center of my brain ( ... )

ichbinkelsey November 27 2007, 00:04:40 UTC

Hee hee hee! What a fabulous story. I would have done the exact same thing with the bag. This is reason #1 why I don't have a Roomba--I would be too tempted to see all the fun things I could have it ingest.

mechers November 27 2007, 16:44:39 UTC

I've got a friend who has one, and I'd love to try one out.