Vacuum Cleaner Repair 
2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance
During our 22 year marriage my husband has been the source of numerous happenings that are worthy of Darwin consideration. I consider this to be one of the best.
One afternoon while I was vacuuming the vacuum stopped and would not turn back on. I set it aside for my husband to check out when he came in from work. Normally he is a wonderful repairman & has saved us much money over the years - sometimes not. After supper he spread a towel in the kitchen floor, turned the vacuum upside down and after inspection announced the "motor was locked up".
As usual my help was not required so I went on about my business. Roughly 10-20 minutes later I heard a strange whoofing sound. My son met me in the hallway & asked "What was that?" I replied "Daddy is working on the vacuum." His reply - "Uh Oh!" We both entered the kitchen at the same time - here is the outcome. My husband was standing over the vacuum, mustache, eybrows, and forelock badly singed. A curl of smoke was still rising from the vacuum. Turns out he had sprayed WD40 in the vacuum. The light was bad, he couldn't see so he flicked his lighter to look inside. The whoofing sound was the WD40 igniting while he was bent over looking into the vacuum. We went to Sears and bought a new vacuum. Submitted on 10/03/2002
Submitted by:
smcwilliams@sfbli.com
Reference:
personal account
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