As soon as I get out the hoover

Posted by Brian from Shawnee August 20, 2009 at 21:17In reply to As soon as I get out the hoover posted by Joe on August 20, 2009 at 16:29:

"As soon as I get out the hoover, you're up it!" a complaint by Hugo Barrett in Harold Pinter's The Servant. What might this phrase mean?

Hoover = vacuum cleaner.

Five screenplaysý - Page 47
by Harold Pinter - Drama - 1973 - 367 pages

You're supposed to be the bloody servant! BARRETT. You expect me to cope with
all this muck and ... As soon as I get the Hoover going you're straight up it.

exact quote of the line

1963, not 1973. It was on Turner Classic about two weeks ago.

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