Hoover Really Sucks ‘Em In

This is the funniest damned thing I’ve ever seen in a blog — a brand new comment to an months old posting. The good news is that I’m well on my way to having my 100bloggers contribution written! The bad news is I have to admit that my favorite posting in more than 18 months of blogging was written by somebody else! What do you think?

Found your site on the web because you mentioned “Hoovering.” My Hoover just went out. I know it is a faulty connection, because it went out repeatedly in my hands when I wiggled the wire to the switch. So, all I need to do is open it up and resecure the wire, right?

Well, the Hoover is plastic, so it snaps together, and I’ll be danged if I can’t get it open to at least look and see if I can see a loose connection. But noooooo. . . . .

The manual on the web shows how to snap it together, but does not show how to “unsnap” it. I bet I can lug this thing to a shop, and if they are not too busy, will charge me $50 for a simple screw tightening, but will have to wait two weeks (if they don’t forget about me) to justify the 50 buck charge!

So . . . . . . I had this brilliant idea after I realized that your blog site was not a Hoover repair site!

What if, . . . .

Someone turned their blog site into a repair chat room!!!

Somebody probably had the same problem and found a way around it. They would probably be willing to share it with others, just so that lazy repair man can’t rip off other unsuspecting blokes for 50 bucks or so.

Think of all the traffic it could generate. Think of the advertising royalties. Think of all the satisfied people.

The site would not have to be up-dated. New visitors would write of other ways to solve the problems. The old solutions could be archived “for ever” in case the new way wasn’t quite as good, or models changed, etc. The site would take care of itself. It is just a self generating chat room!

What do you think?

I think I’m laughing my arse off… and on a real practical level, this is exactly the shape of thing that sCNN is just now seeking to create, for a different kind of equipment. I feel the same way about wasting energy on 501c3 status as this guy feels about wasting money on hoover repairs!

As it turns out, just hours before this came in, I’d really run out of gas and started to doubt the whole sCNN process. In some crazy twisted way, going forward now makes just a wee bit more sense again. I’ve no idea where this came from, crazy old friend or crazy new, but it sure did the trick for me last night! Thanks!

UPDATE: checked the stats, and sure enough… I’m #2 on msn.com search for hoover repairs!