To laugh at DH hoovering his phone?

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DH has just got the hoover out because the battery in his phone swelled, causing the case to crack. The crack let dust into the phone so he sellotaped it up. Now he's got a new battery but he doesn't want to put it in until he's dust busted. So he's vacuuming his phone. I'm laughing like a donkey, he's looking at me like I'm the one who has lost the plot.

It's him isn't it? Please?

Apple told me that hoovering the phone was a basic ongoing maintenance

Ok with a mini suction thing but hoovering none the less

Now he has the Hoover out, he may as well do the rest of the house. It's only fair.

Oh this did make me laugh

In my dreams Lostit He's just shown me his swollen battery. The phone has been hoovered and the cracked bits have been super glued. I'm still laughing, he's still looking at me like I'm the crazy one!

When I was a teenager my best friend's dad used to iron his money!!

Thanks for making me laugh! I can just picture this in my head

I thought my DH had list the plot a couple of years ago when he took the Dyson upstairs to hoover out his computer, which did subsequently bite the dust (pun intended).

He hasn't tried hoovering his phone yet though, and I don't think I will be suggesting the idea either.

Lost the plot, not list!!! Twatty auto-correct!

Ironing money? Maybe we should introduce him to DH

How very dare you! I hoover the walls in my downstairs bathroom. Nowt wrong with that. We live in a world full of dust and fluff

My FIL once hoovered their video recorder - it went about as well as you would expect

The battery swelled??

My ex used to vacuum the printer, I found that weird enough!

I've cracked the screen on my phone, never felt the urge to vacuum it!

Topseyt I vacuum my laptop. It's old and the fan jams. Vacuuming gets the gunge out. Much cheaper than paying someone to take it apart.

The battery swelled? You do know that there is a very real danger of it expliding/catching fire, right? It needs replacing now.

Brought a smile to my face. I use a lens cloth.

Why did the battery swell? And what phone was it??

My husband uses cans of compressed air to clean out his laptop. And the PS3.
I wouldn't dare go near them with the vac, but he is an IT guy and happy to take things apart when needed!

I don't know why vacuuming phones is funny. I'm not sure what harm dust does, but it is normal to blast dust from larger computers using compressed air during maintenance, so cleaning the inside of computers is a fairly normal activity. Phones are just small computers.

(Thinking about it, I suppose dust causes overheating by blocking airflow in computers that have cooling fans, but that doesn't apply to phones. So maybe it's unnecessary to clean a phone, but that still doesn't make it funny.)

So having hoovered his phone with the Miele on full power, replaced the battery and superglued the cracks it would appear that the phone no longer works! Coincidentally Apple are releasing a new phone soon

In fairness he and a friend run a business writing apps for iPhone and Android so he really does need a phone that works and the business will buy it. But I'm very sceptical now.

pfft pfft is this thing on?

The battery is in danger of exploding and catching fire.

It's a new battery. He's put in a new battery. The swollen battery is away. There's a new battery in his conveniently broken phone.

Hurrah!

Phone still doesn't work though . He's a total flan.