As soon as I get out the hoover

Posted by Joe on August 20, 2009 at 16:29

In Reply to: As soon as I get out the hoover posted by ESC on August 20, 2009 at 10:51:

: : "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

• As soon as I get out the hoover Brian from Shawnee 20/August/09
  • As soon as I get out the hoover RRC 22/August/09