  currently listening to:  the hiss -  back on the radio oh dear,  i amaze myself with my stupidity sometimes,  i really do.  i was completely bored at work tonight,
 so decided to get the vacuum cleaner out.  but i wasn't paying attention to what i was doing,  and sucked up the wrap- around thing from a particularly nasty cardigan we had hanging up.  ( imagine a really bad,
 woolly,  maroon- coloured dressing- gown- style- cardigan that not even your elderly grandmother would want to wear,
 and you're somewhere close to this monstrosity. i swear,  whoever designed this s* t should be buried in it.  but anyway,  i digress.
 so,  the wrap- around thing was all wrapped around the roller in the vacuum cleaner. and then there was an awful smell of burning rubber.  but my stupidity didn't end there,  oh no,
 no,  no,  no.  i pulled it out of the vacuum cleaner,  and then switched the thing back on to carry on.  and then the smell became unbearable.
and smoke was pouring out of the bottom of the cleaner.  bluddy 'ell,  i had visions of the whole thing catching fire,  or exploding,  and burning the whole shop ( along with all the gorgeous stock.
snigger*  down.  ( slight overreaction there,  i know. but you know how the mind can get carried away sometimes.
 but i'm too cowardly to own up to my own stupidity. i'll just say that it's faulty and should be taken back to the shop. or something.  catherine was there with me ( laughing her head off at the whole situation!  and i know she'll back me up with whatever lame excuse i come up with.
 and it did liven up a particularly dull day,  at least.  :
