Behold My Cool New Vacuum Cleaner

lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">Ain't he Cute?</div> <a href='http://www.rucentre.com/lolfighter/Vacuum1.jpg' target='_blank'>Stowed.</a>
<a href='http://www.rucentre.com/lolfighter/Vacuum2.jpg' target='_blank'>Deployed.</a>
<a href='http://www.rucentre.com/lolfighter/Vacuum3.jpg' target='_blank'>And with a matching-colour squid for artistic measure.</a>

So, ain't he cute? Siemens calls the model a "smily" (its more technical-sounding serial is VS01G500), but I think it deserves a unique name. Any thoughts? And ain't he cute? Or perhaps "she"?
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  • RPG_JssmfulhudRPG_Jssmfulhud Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4006Members
    ROTFLMAO! Best vacuum-cleaner-thread ever! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • MrMojoMrMojo Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9882Members, Constellation
    The squid = pwn.
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  • 343_guilty_spark343_guilty_spark Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17462Members
    Bah people and their hoovers, the mop and broom will never die <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • Marik_SteeleMarik_Steele To rule in hell... Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9466Members
    Recently my family decided to replace our 12-year old Dirt Devil. For $26 we went to the nearest Home Depot and got us a Stinger WD2000.
    <img src='http://homedepot.com/HDUS/EN_US/diy_features/images/r_stinger_85.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
    It may look like a tiny wet/dry vac, but it sucks up stuff like you wouldn't believe. I don't remember seeing another vacuum this size with its sucking ability measured in horsepower.
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  • UnknownUnknown Join Date: 1970-01-01 Member:
    edited August 2003
    obviously, name him Scorpian!

    edit: nO, WAIT!... doesn't hoover make vacuums?

    HOVAR!!!
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  • GlissGliss Join Date: 2003-03-23 Member: 14800Members, Constellation, NS2 Map Tester
    edited August 2003
    Nothing can beat the Kirby vaccuum. It makes bad things disappear, like MonsE.
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Marik_Steele+Aug 2 2003, 06:32 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Marik_Steele @ Aug 2 2003, 06:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Recently my family decided to replace our 12-year old Dirt Devil.  For $26 we went to the nearest Home Depot and got us a Stinger WD2000.
    <img src='http://homedepot.com/HDUS/EN_US/diy_features/images/r_stinger_85.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
    It may look like a tiny wet/dry vac, but it sucks up stuff like you wouldn't believe.  I don't remember seeing another vacuum this size with its sucking ability measured in horsepower.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Hey hey hey, at maximum power, this little sucker (pun intended) has a power usage of 1.5 kW, which equals 2.04 horsepowers! I don't think all of this translates into sucking, but I this baby is one lamer for sure. Get it? Lamer? Sucker? Eh? *nudge nudge*
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  • NumbersNotFoundNumbersNotFound Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7556Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Pjofsky+Aug 2 2003, 02:03 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Pjofsky @ Aug 2 2003, 02:03 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Nothing can beat the Kirby vaccuum. It makes bad things disappear, like MonsE. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Years ago my family had a huge metal kirby.. the thing died when my German Sheperd dog picked it up with his teeth and shook it around :\

    Wow, that vaccume really sucks! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • p4Samwisep4Samwise Join Date: 2002-12-15 Member: 10831Members
    [p4]Prospero and I both have Roombas. Here's a <a href='http://www.leadtogold.com/clanp4/pics/roomba.jpg' target='_blank'>picture</a> of his in its natural environment.
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  • X_StickmanX_Stickman Not good enough for a custom title. Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15533Members, Constellation
    We need a gorge one. No questions about it, Flayra, make a gorge vacuum cleaner <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    What's all this talk of vacuum cleaners? What ever happened to wallowing in your own filth?
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--[p4]Samwise+Aug 2 2003, 05:10 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> ([p4]Samwise @ Aug 2 2003, 05:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> [p4]Prospero and I both have Roombas. Here's a <a href='http://www.leadtogold.com/clanp4/pics/roomba.jpg' target='_blank'>picture</a> of his in its natural environment. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    That does the vacuuming for you, correct? Like, a little robot or something?
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  • UnknownUnknown Join Date: 1970-01-01 Member:
    cmon, guys... the hovar thing was pretty good, wannit? =\
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  • GrimmGrimm Join Date: 2003-04-13 Member: 15448Members
    edited August 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->[p4]Samwise Posted on Aug 2 2003, 01:10 PM
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    [p4]Prospero and I both have Roombas. Here's a picture of his in its natural environment.  <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Roombas = Teh pwn

    Gonna get me one when I have my own living shelter just to laugh at all my neighbors who must use physical labor to clean their carpets. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

    And yes, Jin-Roh, that was a very good play on words. But be careful how far you take it, lest someone make an actual hovaring hoovar and post it here...
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  • 343_guilty_spark343_guilty_spark Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17462Members
    I must get a roomba <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif'><!--endemo--> so all you do is put it on the floor and it goes round cleaning up for you ? Do you have to empty something from it when it gets full ?
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  • Mr_HeadcrabMr_Headcrab Squee&#33;~ Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9392Members, Constellation
    i got it:

    Hungry Hungry Onos
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  • p4Samwisep4Samwise Join Date: 2002-12-15 Member: 10831Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--343_guilty_spark+Aug 2 2003, 11:25 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (343_guilty_spark @ Aug 2 2003, 11:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I must get a roomba <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif'><!--endemo--> so all you do is put it on the floor and it goes round cleaning up for you ? Do you have to empty something from it when it gets full ? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    No, it makes the dirt spontaneously combust into nothingness.

    ...

    kidding. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Yes, it has a little tray in the back that you dump out. Not hard to do. If you have a lot of crud in your carpet (like long hair), you might also need to clean the brushes.

    Most frequently asked question: what if it misses something???
    Answer: It doesn't, really, because it bounces around the room to the point of redundancy just to make sure it got everything. But on the off chance it DID miss something... well, run it again. Not like it takes that much effort to push the "start" button again, right?
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    ... and it costs just <b>how</b> much?
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  • p4Samwisep4Samwise Join Date: 2002-12-15 Member: 10831Members
    $200. Mine has already paid for itself in the amount of time it's saved me (especially once you subtract the cost of a standard upright vacuum).

    There's a more advanced model out there, the Trilobite, that actually turns itself on automatically and then runs back to its nest to recharge. I would've gotten that one but it costs about nine times as much, so... yeah.
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    Mine cost 50€, which is a bit more in dollars. With the mini-flat I'll be living in, cleaning will hardly take any time at all. Still, if I become lazy (or want a new toy), I might look into one of those things. Do they work on smooth floors too, or only on carpet?
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  • SoulSkorpionSoulSkorpion Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Jin-Roh+Aug 3 2003, 02:18 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Jin-Roh @ Aug 3 2003, 02:18 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> obviously, name him Scorpian!

    edit: nO, WAIT!... doesn't hoover make vacuums?

    HOVAR!!! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Indeed. The Scorpian that hoovars without flapping <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • MoquiaoMoquiao Join Date: 2003-05-09 Member: 16168Members
    you guys do know you are on about Hoovers.. household cleaning tools... and yet you all seem very much in love with them.. or maybe im just dirty. and i need a hoover.
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  • CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
    LOl you guys are funny. "The little sucker" lol


    Samwise, your vacume looks like a big cd player.

    At my work place we had one that was made in the UK.. IT has no sucking power at all. It has a little face painted on it and its called "Henry".
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  • LemurZoboomafooLemurZoboomafoo Join Date: 2002-11-10 Member: 8131Members
    Oh yeah? ...I have one of those little vaccuums with the beeping antenna that has a dustpan and a broom, and it tells you to lift your legs twice when it only wants you to do it once! And "Powerhouse" plays whenever I turn it on.
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  • 343_guilty_spark343_guilty_spark Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17462Members
    OMG HENRY !!! we have a Henry in the garden somewhere. But the dyson hoover repalced it as it has a small amount of sucking power. Must get the cd walkman looking hoover samwise has. It's powerful right ?

    *Wow this community loves hoovers
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  • HazeHaze O RLY? Join Date: 2003-07-07 Member: 18018Members, Constellation
    My vacuum is cooler!

    Oh...well...I mean of course I vacuum the house. What person in their right mind would let a child do that!

    ::looks around nervously::
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  • GnatsumGnatsum Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10566Members
    ROTFLTHTSASTCMMMWIATIHEPMASCTPATTMTMHAAOTIYFYSFPOSWYLJTMMLTMYB (Rolling On The Floor Laughing Too Hard To Stop And Scaring The Cat, Meanwhile My Mom Walked In And Thought I Had Eaten Poisonous Mushrooms And She Called The Paramedics And They Took Me Too Mad House And All Of This Is Your Fault You Stupid Frieking Piece Of **** With Your Lame Jokes That Make Me Laugh This Much You Boob)

    <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> LOL
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  • locallyunscenelocallyunscene Feeder of Trolls Join Date: 2002-12-25 Member: 11528Members, Constellation
    A thread about vacuum cleaners, I must say those robot ones are wicked cool. I don't care what it does but trilobite is a good name for anything.
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