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I think my downstairs neighbor is gossiping about my sex life and my vacuuming habits (Original Post) pinboy3niner Sep 2016 OP
Have you considered celibacy and a broom? ornotna Sep 2016 #1
I sweep the kitchen and bath but the rest is textured carpet pinboy3niner Sep 2016 #7
Suggestion 90-percent Sep 2016 #38
Yeah, but they want me to vacuum in their "special" underwear pinboy3niner Sep 2016 #39
So you ARE combining the two! FrodosPet Sep 2016 #54
My gut is busting UTUSN Sep 2016 #2
I wouldn't worry unless your sex life involves your vacuum cleaner, in which case Arkansas Granny Sep 2016 #3
Or a patent attorney, if it involves ... "accoutrements!!" LOL! nt MADem Sep 2016 #5
Please tell me more about these "accoutrements" pinboy3niner Sep 2016 #9
I couldn't begin to even speculate! LOL!!!! nt MADem Sep 2016 #10
What a consenting adult and his vacuum cleaner do in their apartment is nobody's business!!! pinboy3niner Sep 2016 #8
Nothing sucks like an Electrolux Ron Obvious Sep 2016 #16
Take to beating the rugs---rhythmically....very rhythmically....at odd hours of the night~!! MADem Sep 2016 #4
Beating the rugs--rhythmically? pinboy3niner Sep 2016 #17
LOL--live a little! Nothing like a bit of excitement to .... errr.... get the juices MADem Sep 2016 #26
And maybe wear a robe... Callmecrazy Sep 2016 #6
The vacuum cleaner is a gateway to the milking machine Kaleva Sep 2016 #11
Don't worry, robotic milking machines are out after I saw what happened to Wolowitz pinboy3niner Sep 2016 #13
OMG--I missed that program! HILARIOUS! nt MADem Sep 2016 #27
Be glad you have a sex life worth gossiping about mythology Sep 2016 #12
They're even making a sockumentary about it pinboy3niner Sep 2016 #33
(Psst..... it's a copy cat:) femmocrat Sep 2016 #41
Dust? I think that calls for a vacuum... pinboy3niner Sep 2016 #46
Is that what the kids are calling it these days? AwakeAtLast Sep 2016 #55
Aren't they the same thing? rug Sep 2016 #14
Shhhh! pinboy3niner Sep 2016 #18
Still, it's magical how you handle that bissell. rug Sep 2016 #19
You're too modest. The attachments you recommended made all the difference! nt pinboy3niner Sep 2016 #20
That crevice tool was a bargain! $4.99! rug Sep 2016 #59
Do they both involve sucking? Generic Brad Sep 2016 #15
Are those simultaneous activities? baldguy Sep 2016 #21
If you're ménage-Kirby curious I can have the door buzzard let you in pinboy3niner Sep 2016 #22
True story... 3catwoman3 Sep 2016 #23
With a name like 'Beater Bar Power Mate' ... pinboy3niner Sep 2016 #24
whose ass do I kick here, pinboy3niner? Skittles Sep 2016 #25
Seriously, NO! The only thing my vacuum ever did for me was scare my dog. pinboy3niner Sep 2016 #28
I had a cat who always attacked the vacuum cleaner Skittles Sep 2016 #29
Okay, we've had enough fun with this pinboy3niner Sep 2016 #30
You use a hammer and a vacuum in your living room for sex? applegrove Sep 2016 #31
Doesn't everyone? pinboy3niner Sep 2016 #32
There's NOTHING wrong with the linen closet! greatauntoftriplets Sep 2016 #40
What are your upstairs neighbors saying? mackerel Sep 2016 #34
"Thou shalt slay thy sinful nosy downstairs neighbor" pinboy3niner Sep 2016 #35
You have a name for your "friend" the vacuum? True Dough Sep 2016 #36
Your shameless promotion of your 'Henry' paramour is noted pinboy3niner Sep 2016 #37
Start vacuuming and having sex, I guess. n/t malthaussen Sep 2016 #42
What do you mean, 'start'? pinboy3niner Sep 2016 #43
My father sold Kirby sweepers in the 60's... malthaussen Sep 2016 #44
I saw the Fuller Brush men and the encyclopedia salesmen and vacuum hawkers pinboy3niner Sep 2016 #45
You "knew" the Avon Ladies, did you? malthaussen Sep 2016 #47
I wish, as a virgin teen boy at that time, lol! pinboy3niner Sep 2016 #48
You just ruined my follow-up joke... malthaussen Sep 2016 #49
My favorite car color in those days was candy apple red pinboy3niner Sep 2016 #50
I remember you mentioning it. malthaussen Sep 2016 #51
Tell your neighbor you do both the vacuum and thuming at the same time and ask lunatica Sep 2016 #52
Combine the two? FrodosPet Sep 2016 #53
Once you go Electrolux, you never go back. Kaleva Sep 2016 #56
you vacuum your habits? Enrique Sep 2016 #57
Tell her to quit being jealous over how much action you're getting Blue_Tires Sep 2016 #58
some ideas here lol steve2470 Sep 2016 #60
Wait until your neighbor finds out that it's actually a belt-sander Orrex Sep 2016 #61

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
7. I sweep the kitchen and bath but the rest is textured carpet
Sun Sep 4, 2016, 09:30 PM
Sep 2016

And in lieu of celibacy, I'm thinking of spreading a rumor that I'm building furniture...

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
39. Yeah, but they want me to vacuum in their "special" underwear
Mon Sep 5, 2016, 08:21 AM
Sep 2016

Last edited Mon Sep 5, 2016, 10:36 AM - Edit history (1)

I balk at anyone telling me what shorts I can wear. And if I want to go commando, that's just between me and my vacuum.

Arkansas Granny

(31,523 posts)
3. I wouldn't worry unless your sex life involves your vacuum cleaner, in which case
Sun Sep 4, 2016, 09:21 PM
Sep 2016

I suggest you contact a mental health provider.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
4. Take to beating the rugs---rhythmically....very rhythmically....at odd hours of the night~!!
Sun Sep 4, 2016, 09:25 PM
Sep 2016

Perhaps you can bang them against the side of the house, holding them out the window!!!!

Rig your stereo to play this, first thing in the morning:





Might as well give them something to gossip about!!!!

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
17. Beating the rugs--rhythmically?
Sun Sep 4, 2016, 10:30 PM
Sep 2016

I love euphemisms!

But I'm not sold on your idea of hanging out the window to do it. Not after what happened the last time.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
26. LOL--live a little! Nothing like a bit of excitement to .... errr.... get the juices
Sun Sep 4, 2016, 11:48 PM
Sep 2016

flowing!!!!


There are even .... devices .... you can use to make the job go more efficiently!!!!





LOL!!!!!

Kaleva

(36,320 posts)
11. The vacuum cleaner is a gateway to the milking machine
Sun Sep 4, 2016, 09:52 PM
Sep 2016

Stop while you can before you have a full scale milking parlor set up in your bedroom.

 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
12. Be glad you have a sex life worth gossiping about
Sun Sep 4, 2016, 10:00 PM
Sep 2016

And I'm sure there is some sort of joke about carpet, sex and a vacuum, but I'm not finding it at the moment.

3catwoman3

(24,024 posts)
23. True story...
Sun Sep 4, 2016, 11:08 PM
Sep 2016

...from when I was a nursing student. I used to work weekends as a unit clerk in the ER of my university's hospital. One morning, I came in to find people with bemused facial expressions and poorly suppressed snickers.

A man in his fifties had managed to sneak into his sister's apartment during the night, and attempted to get his jollies with his sister's vacuum cleaner, resulting in penile injury.

At the time, Sears marketed a vacuum cleaner with a special carpet attachment that was supposed to do a really good job on carpets. It was called - the Beater Bar Power Mate.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
24. With a name like 'Beater Bar Power Mate' ...
Sun Sep 4, 2016, 11:16 PM
Sep 2016

...those people were very insensitive to snicker at Orrex like that!

Skittles

(153,170 posts)
25. whose ass do I kick here, pinboy3niner?
Sun Sep 4, 2016, 11:43 PM
Sep 2016

I think more details from you are needed for that decision; yes INDEED

for example, you're not humping the vacuum cleaner, are you??? Yes or No answer, please

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
28. Seriously, NO! The only thing my vacuum ever did for me was scare my dog.
Sun Sep 4, 2016, 11:58 PM
Sep 2016

Not as bad as popping a balloon, when the dog suddenly vanished and we'd find her under the bed. But the vacuum would make her flee the room.

I never considered using my vacuum for anything other than cleaning. As for my dog, if she says anything about me she's a damn liar!

Skittles

(153,170 posts)
29. I had a cat who always attacked the vacuum cleaner
Mon Sep 5, 2016, 12:04 AM
Sep 2016

I bumped into him with the vacuum when he was a kitten, but the vacuum WASN'T EVEN ON.....it didn't matter, he would ambush me constantly when I was vacuuming, to the point where I had to lock him up before cleaning

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
30. Okay, we've had enough fun with this
Mon Sep 5, 2016, 12:11 AM
Sep 2016

I posted it because I was bored with GD and its companion forum and thought we needed something at least a little amusing.

I was really hoping somebody would post a pun thread.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
35. "Thou shalt slay thy sinful nosy downstairs neighbor"
Mon Sep 5, 2016, 01:00 AM
Sep 2016

But my idiot doctor says I should try not to pay too much attention to those "upstairs" voices.

malthaussen

(17,209 posts)
44. My father sold Kirby sweepers in the 60's...
Mon Sep 5, 2016, 09:47 AM
Sep 2016

... he really was the stereotypical travelling salesman, going around showing housewives his equipment.

Did you know my father?




-- Mal

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
45. I saw the Fuller Brush men and the encyclopedia salesmen and vacuum hawkers
Mon Sep 5, 2016, 10:01 AM
Sep 2016

And my mom was an Avon Lady.

Unless your dad was also an Avon Lady I probably didn't know him.

malthaussen

(17,209 posts)
47. You "knew" the Avon Ladies, did you?
Mon Sep 5, 2016, 10:08 AM
Sep 2016

That would explain the smiles on their faces.

"Hey, let's all go to Pinboy's mom's house and... vacuum."

-- Mal

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
50. My favorite car color in those days was candy apple red
Mon Sep 5, 2016, 11:24 AM
Sep 2016

After the war I bought a brand-new Jaguar roadster. Red, of course. Sadly, they didn't have candy apple.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
52. Tell your neighbor you do both the vacuum and thuming at the same time and ask
Mon Sep 5, 2016, 03:21 PM
Sep 2016

him how he does it. Start a dialogue. Reach out.

FrodosPet

(5,169 posts)
53. Combine the two?
Mon Sep 5, 2016, 03:58 PM
Sep 2016

I am a firm believer in efficiency! You save time, and your neighbor only has one thing to complain about.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
58. Tell her to quit being jealous over how much action you're getting
Tue Sep 6, 2016, 03:10 PM
Sep 2016

along with the above-average level of cleanliness in your apartment...

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