The
thought never even occurred to me. I
heard about it on the news, and at first assumed it was a joke, but they had
photographic evidence of people loading the soon-to-be-banned high powered
devices into the back of their cars in a frenzied fashion.
Now,
I'm not a professional cleaner - I prefer to maintain my amateur status in case
it ever becomes an Olympic sport - so perhaps I don't fully appreciate the
complexity of the cleaning-power required.
In
truth, I don't even know the wattage of my current machine - it was purchased
from Clearance Bargains a few years ago, it does the job, and I'm not really
bothered - it is not a status symbol. It's
a household appliance which lives in the garage or utility room and only makes
an appearance when nobody else is present.
Unless
of course I'm missing something? If
you've got a high-powered, limited edition, fancy make, do you wheel it out in
company so your friends can marvel at it?
Do people have parties where they bring along their vacuums and compare
features? Perhaps there's a whole other
world of domestic appliance envy out there of which I have no knowledge and
play no part!
Joking
apart though, I guess if you've got family members with allergies a better
quality machine becomes more important, but for the vast majority of us I'm
sure the lower-powered versions we can still legally purchase are adequate.
But
this discussion did lead me to consider the items I would perhaps consider
panic buying should the EU decide to ban them.
Cadbury's
chocolate heads the list, followed by tea bags and Marmite. I'm fairly sure a ban on these items is
highly unlikely, but should it ever occur don't be surprised if you see me on
the news loading up my car, or a van, or perhaps a lorry, or even two
lorries...
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