Get A Real Job
March 06, 2005
Has anybody seen that commercial for a vacuum cleaner of some sort where its British engineer is speaking?
In it, he says that the vacuum "creates 100,000 times the force of gravity."
100,000 times! Can you believe that?
He then goes on to humbly say, "I just think things should work properly." The combination of these two phrases blew me away. I think this guy has definitely wasted his potential. I mean, if you can create 100,000 times the force of gravity in a small vacuum, you need to be working for NASA or something, my friend.
I can just see him going to his parents house for dinner and the conversation that ensues.
Mom: Bobby, you're so smart you could be doing so much more than designing vacuums.
Dad: Your mother's right, Bobby, you haven't reached your potential.
Bobby: Mom, Dad, we've talked about this before and you're still not going to change my mind. I love vacuums and maybe I'm not impacting the world the way you'd like me to, but I impact every mother out there that uses my vacuum. Vacuums are my passion and I just want them to work properly.
Oh... the Dyson vacuum! They did a fake commercial on SNL that made fun of this guy, except instead of a vacuum, he was creating a toilet. It explained how he stayed at a friend's home and clogged the toilet. When he reached inside he found that the toilet doesn't work at all how it should, so he created it to have 100,000 times the suction to make sure the waste is taken away. Now every time I see the vacuum commercials, I think of the toilet "commercial".
Posted by: Jill at March 7, 2005 08:37 AMI haven't seen that skit, but it sounds funny. I may try looking for it.
Posted by: Neil at March 7, 2005 08:42 AM