That was the heading on a message posted on a local website. Not a Hoover Hoover, but a Dyson Hoover.
Seven replies recommending local firms (no mention of Dyson Hoovers though) including this gem
"Mark is excellent.[...] I know he repairs Dysons because there are always loads in his shop when I have been there.
To repeat "there are always loads in his shop when I have been there".
What better recommendation could anyone ask ?
michael adams
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'loads' of what?
Loads of Dysons that he cannot fix :)
I have a vax hoover, a bosch hoover and a henry hoover but no hoover hoover any more. Brian
"michael adams" snipped-for-privacy@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in news:rut44v$5g2$1@dont- email.me:
No Henry Hoovers then?
"Brian Gaff \(Sofa\)" snipped-for-privacy@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in news:rutvon$j66$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:
The most abused tradename because Hoover Ltd did not "police" it.
On a webside for Lanzarote someone was asking where they could get a Henry Hoover. I suggested asking for a Henry Vacuum Cleaner may be more understandable to a Spanish shop. I was met by abuse!
I wonder why we use 'hoovering' and hoovered' rather than 'hooving' and hooved'. You should refer to a 'Henry hooverer' to keep it regular.
In message <rutvon$j66$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me, "Brian Gaff (Sofa)" snipped-for-privacy@blueyonder.co.uk> writes
We only ever aspired to an Electrolux. I see the factory at Luton is no more!
For the same reason americans get burglarised, not burgled
Well I'm buggerated!
Presumably because "Hoover" was a person's name rather than an invented verb.
<Ahem> I think you mean burglarized...
Nick
Of course. Silly me!
Ah, I see you've taken the uglification course, a requirement for all US citizens, especially town and country planners and architects.
So long, Frank Lloyd Wright....
Nick
Dyson makes vacuum cleaners, not 'hoovers' :-)
A local domestic appliance repairman only does Dysons now.
It's either a tribute to how s**te they are or how popular.
I've only had one Dyson, a DC01.
Nothing sucks like an Electrolux.
Clearly no flies on you then, are there.?
Given Dyson's exalted status among the more gullible/discening type of customer you'd imgine most users would automatically refer to their "Dysons", rather than to their Dyson Hoovers
When Hovers brought out their own cyclone models. presumably they qualified as Dyson Hoovers
michael adams
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Or even Hoover Dysons.
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