Hoppo Bumpo (n): A children's game. Played by folding one's arms and hopping on one leg. Aim is to bump opponents, so that they lose their balance. Last person standing wins.


October 05, 2009

Natural enemies of the vacuum cleaner (Blogtoberfest day 5)


Research shows the following items should not be vacuumed in quantity:

  1. Lego
  2. Velcro offcuts
  3. Two and half metres of tinsel
  4. Cooked pasta of any variety
  5. Ants
  6. Vomit
  7. Gravel
  8. Squashed sultanas
  9. Clothes pegs
  10. Pancake batter

Brought to you as part of Tinniegirl's Blogtoberfest - a post a day in October. (And yes ... the quality is slipping. Imagine what day 27 is going to be like.)

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By Liesl
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15 comments:

  1. TasOctober 5, 2009 at 11:29 AM

    And how annoying is it to have to sift through that vomit, gravel and pancake batter to find that one teensy weensy little piece of Lego which is the last piece that the offspring NEED (NOW) to finish their 598 piece front end loader...?

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  2. CindyOctober 5, 2009 at 11:36 AM

    not that it ever has a chance in your place but peanut butter can SO go in that list too. I was going to buy Caleb some lego for Chrissy until I saw that

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  3. VicOctober 5, 2009 at 11:38 AM

    You have just brought tears to my eyes!!

    I already know I'll be featuring one of your posts as my "Best of the 'Fest" for Saturday... but which bloody one?! Stop with the funny posts already.... ;) (No... don't...)

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  4. MichelleOctober 5, 2009 at 11:59 AM

    It's one of my favourite sounds, lego being sucked up the vacuum pipe..

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  5. renOctober 5, 2009 at 1:25 PM

    Two and a half metres of tinsel- HA!!

    Keep the funny posts coming!

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  6. Cath @ chunkychookyOctober 5, 2009 at 1:51 PM

    the other natural enemy of lego is a bare foot and a mother carrying 14 bags of shopping who doesn't see it and she stands on it and FARRRRRKKKKKKK it hurts!!!

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  7. Little MunchkinsOctober 5, 2009 at 2:17 PM

    Haha! I had enough of Lego lying around so I had a lightbulb moment one day. Check out my blog to see what I mean!

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  8. GinaOctober 5, 2009 at 3:39 PM

    Thanks for the laugh. As usual!!

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  9. Cathy {tinniegirl}October 5, 2009 at 5:56 PM

    Really? You can't just upgrade to a vacuum cleaner that will do the job?

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  10. trashOctober 5, 2009 at 8:25 PM

    this is where you need to introduce child slave labour prior to the vacuum cleaner firing up.

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  11. TracyOctober 5, 2009 at 10:23 PM

    Such vacuuming wisdom! Thank you for making me laugh, Liesl, it has been great to find your blog.

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  12. Jennifer RoseOctober 6, 2009 at 3:24 AM

    sounds like you need a shop vac ;p

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  13. AngieOctober 6, 2009 at 10:18 PM

    keep it coming!

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  14. UnknownOctober 7, 2009 at 8:58 AM

    haha...Yep I can relate..I think it's crazy how my kids can think that vacuuming up anything and everything will do the trick even after they suck something up that blocks the rest off..They are done but I am left with an hour of declogging...Lovley post!

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  15. SelinaOctober 7, 2009 at 11:42 AM

    this totally cracked me up!! vomit,pancake batter??! what the...?!

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