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What the hell is this 'present' from work colleagues? (Pic included)

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Whatthebloodyhellisthiis · 10/03/2017 16:57

My very lovely work colleagues got me a beautiful present for my birthday today (happy birthday to me). It was a voucher for John Lewis that they had all clubbed together to get.

They also handed me a present and told me it was a joke and said I had to open it at home. And that I could chuck it away once opened, they didn't need it back. All my work colleagues were smiling to themselves.

Expecting a massive chocolate penis or something equally immature I opened it and found this.

It looks to me like this is a section of a handheld vacuum cleaner. I don't get the joke at all! 🤔

I'm not messy or particularly clean. It's been used they've not given me a new one.

They're a great bunch and we're all really close so it won't have been meant as nasty.

They messaged me on group chat and won't tell me what the joke is until tomorrow morning. So I thought I'd come to mumsnet to see if you can work it out.

What the hell is this, and what's the joke?

Name changed as identifying

What the hell is this 'present' from work colleagues? (Pic included)
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Whatthebloodyhellisthiis · 10/03/2017 17:05

I've just messaged them and said the joke isn't the hoover as a whole!

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Whatthebloodyhellisthiis · 10/03/2017 17:05

*and they said

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Whatthebloodyhellisthiis · 10/03/2017 17:06

So it is a section of a hoover.

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Brollsdolls · 10/03/2017 17:06

Is there something inside it?

Aroseforemily · 10/03/2017 17:06

Are they saying that you have no filter?

peanutbutter2409 · 10/03/2017 17:07

Following this - I can't think what it means at all!

Whatthebloodyhellisthiis · 10/03/2017 17:07

It's been emptied and is empty except for some leftover dust! 😂

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Soubriquet · 10/03/2017 17:07

That section only?

Do you suck up a lot?

ConfusedDotty · 10/03/2017 17:08

They have glitterbombed your office?

TripTrapTripTrapOverTheBridge · 10/03/2017 17:08

Do you eat everything in sight?

Whatthebloodyhellisthiis · 10/03/2017 17:08

I suppose I could be seen as a suck up. I really like my boss.

I have absolutely no internal filter. So could not that I suppose.

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intheknickersoftime · 10/03/2017 17:08

Is it like a crossword clue, not hoover as a whole, do you hover?

Whatthebloodyhellisthiis · 10/03/2017 17:08

*so could be that

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Whatthebloodyhellisthiis · 10/03/2017 17:09

They better not have glitter bombed my office! 😁

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Whatthebloodyhellisthiis · 10/03/2017 17:09

I don't really hover.

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HemanOrSheRa · 10/03/2017 17:09

You message them right back and tell them we are all waiting to find out what on earth this means.

DramaInPyjamas · 10/03/2017 17:09

Are they maybe calling you 'An old bag' ?

AndKnowItsSeven · 10/03/2017 17:10

How random.

Soubriquet · 10/03/2017 17:10

Yes you say mn deserve nay demand an answer right now!

SuperFlyHigh · 10/03/2017 17:10

No idea but place marking.

WhereYouLeftIt · 10/03/2017 17:10

"It's clearly a vacuum cleaner but they've gone to th effort of only including that exact part. Not the whole vacuum."
It is the exact part of a bagless cleaner that replaces the bag? It's the part that the rubbish is collected in and can be emptied out of? Does that mean anything to you?

sobeyondthehills · 10/03/2017 17:12

There is a Tim Vine Joke something like "I have decided to sell my hoover, well it was only collecting dust."

Could it be something to do with that

YouCannotPossiblyBeHungry · 10/03/2017 17:12

A bit of a sucker?

originalbiglymavis · 10/03/2017 17:12

How odd. I'd be unsure if they liked me or not if I got that!

Whatthebloodyhellisthiis · 10/03/2017 17:13

I can't imagine! These are all great suggestions.

I will message now asking if any of these are correct!

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