As soon as I get out the hoover

Posted by RRC August 22, 2009 at 16:58In reply to As soon as I get out the hoover posted by Brian from Shawnee on August 20, 2009 at 21:17:

"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.

The date given was for the book "Five Screenplays". The last movie in the book "The Go-Between" wasn't made until 1970. The 1963 date is for the movie "The Servant".