I was at a Memorial Day BBQ this afternoon and a friend of the host told a hilarious story of his mother's infidelity. Somehow the topic of explaining to young children where babies come from came up in conversation and he chimed in with "I didn't need to learn about the birds and the bees because I knew about my mom and the Electrolux man". He grew up in semi-rural TN in the 70's and in those days Electrolux would still do in-home sales as well as make service calls at your home.
Well, apparently the Electrolux salesman in that area was quite the ladies man and a regular visitor as long as he had been alive. He said his mother was always trading in vacuums and then they were always needing service. He said there was a whole closet filled with bags and any optional attachments she could buy as well. Of course he was always sent off to play at a neighbor's house when the Electrolux man came around. He got wise to it about the age of 12 he said. He never understood why his dad never questioned why their vacuum broke down so often. He reckoned his dad must have thought Electrolux made the most unreliable machines on the market lol.
I thought the story was funny since you always hear about affairs with the milkman, mailman, etc. Who would ever have thought about vacuum salesman. I really wanted to ask him if he thought he might be the son of the salesman. It would seem quite plausible after all.
Well, apparently the Electrolux salesman in that area was quite the ladies man and a regular visitor as long as he had been alive. He said his mother was always trading in vacuums and then they were always needing service. He said there was a whole closet filled with bags and any optional attachments she could buy as well. Of course he was always sent off to play at a neighbor's house when the Electrolux man came around. He got wise to it about the age of 12 he said. He never understood why his dad never questioned why their vacuum broke down so often. He reckoned his dad must have thought Electrolux made the most unreliable machines on the market lol.
I thought the story was funny since you always hear about affairs with the milkman, mailman, etc. Who would ever have thought about vacuum salesman. I really wanted to ask him if he thought he might be the son of the salesman. It would seem quite plausible after all.
