Sunday, March 14, 2010

welcome, Devil, our friend


Oh yeah! This little family is really moving up in the world of household technology... and yes, namely cleanliness. We have finally, after fourteen years of living in filth, purchased a brand new (not an ancient, battery-powered-hand-me-down or a found-in-the-back-alley kind of) vacuum. All these years, the broom and rag have been our not-so-constant companions, but cry for us no more. We now have a new gadget with a capital G: a flaming red Dirt Devil! And what a powerful friend it is!

When daddy caveman brought the thing home to be assembled, caveboy jumped and screeched with excitement. The two of them spent a good half-hour matching holes to hoses and nicknaming parts with labels as clever as "The Wind Sword." When the apparatus was functional at last, the family converged in the middle of the living room in awe. The switch was flipped, and the magic began. We watched the Devil, pushed by Alphaman, do his dirty work for us. This neanderthal family hadn't seen anything as mind- or dirt-blowing in its own musty cave ever.

The cave family has added a new song and dance to its repertoire: Hip hip hooray for the Devil that takes the dirt away!

1 comment:

MaryAnn Bottman said...

I think Dirt Devil should hire you on to sell their product. I don't think I have been so excited about cleaning. MB