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Everyone has a name for their robot vacuum don't they?

169 replies

Eminybob · 06/08/2022 16:33

Mines Robbie. It's not just me is it?

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undermilkjug · 06/08/2022 19:22

Ronald here but he ate something which disagreed with him last week so we're waiting for new brushes.

Mol1628 · 06/08/2022 19:22

Dustin

MissMatty2hats · 06/08/2022 19:22

Chives
When the boys were small one of their games involved a doggy butler named Chives. Not exactly sure what his duties were but probably vacuuming, so…

ConsuelaHammock · 06/08/2022 19:22

StarlingsInTheRoof · 06/08/2022 19:21

Bob. Kids came up with it. I wanted a male name so that it's not only females who do the cleaning. It had to have a name so we can say thank you. Otherwise it's essentially slavery.

Me too!
The male name that is! My friend has Sir Sucks a lot and my sisters is Robert .

Sparklybanana · 06/08/2022 19:24

Dave. Although I did wonder if naming him was a bad idea because I'll get upset if he "dies".
He will naturally be replaced by,in all liklihood, dave too.

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 06/08/2022 19:25

Mine was called Boris - we got him before BoJo became PM, but it was very percipient naming, because he (Boris the robot vacuum) turned out to be nearly as useless as BoJo. He used to get stuck under things or caught up on the edge of rugs, and would just sit there and whine until I went and rescued him. He couldn’t do into the corners, and couldn’t even find his way back to his charger, which was one of his big selling points.

But at least he never lied about parties, or screwed up the country’s economy, so maybe I was too tough on him.

anotherneutralname · 06/08/2022 19:28

Robot mower, not hoover: ro-mow.

love him like an extra child 😁

AllFreeOwls · 06/08/2022 19:28

Orinoco

DinosaurDuvet · 06/08/2022 19:29

Jimmy. Getting one for upstairs & he’ll be Johnny

brackengirl · 06/08/2022 19:31

Ours is Eugene- "you clean Eugene!"

momamama · 06/08/2022 19:32

Old one was Joy. New one is Fernando!

PinkBuffalo · 06/08/2022 19:32

Henry here
he came with his name 😂

saltinesandcoffeecups · 06/08/2022 19:36

sorry no robot vacuum here, but I have named most of my lights now (Alexa)

Portia -on the porch
Petunia, - tall lamp with a glass shade that looks like petals
Lenore, -In the dining room it felt fancy
Hugo, -Kitchen came pre named
Woody, -tall wood lamp
‘Billy Bulb, -bedroom
Sticky -tall thin accent light
Lefty -wall lamp on the left
Lamp -first one named was not very creative

spudsuliked · 06/08/2022 19:36

'Tristan' so I can yell 'damn it Tristan' as in Legends of the Fall (accent essential) when he gets stuck under things/ sucks up a yoyo etc.

Mysteryallergy · 06/08/2022 19:55

Optimus Grime here

Taff67 · 06/08/2022 20:49

Another Bob here...

FifiForgot · 06/08/2022 21:09

Arnie - as in “I’ll be back” from the Terminator movies. When we have to replace him, the new one will be Vlad the inhaler.

My children think I’m mad 😂

Newone2021 · 06/08/2022 21:21

We've got a Roomba, it's called Eyeca

buzz91 · 06/08/2022 21:37

Daughter named ours Roly Poly

Rainbowshit · 06/08/2022 21:41

They're almost all male names! 😂

Ours is Brian

justasoul · 06/08/2022 21:42

Joey and Pacey Blush

RogersOrganismicProcess · 06/08/2022 22:00

Mines called Dave and I do r even own one yet. My robot mower (that I don’t yet own) is monty!

DuvetHugger · 06/08/2022 22:34

Rob

Fiiiivegoldenrings · 06/08/2022 22:52

My daughter drew a family portrait at school and she drew our robot hoover alongside the rest of our family Grin I was worried the teacher would think we were crazy for having a name for the hoover but looks like we're not alone!

birdling · 06/08/2022 23:08

MargotMoon · 06/08/2022 17:05

Guffy, because my DD mid-read the word 'Eufy' and thought the E was a G.

We have a Guffy, too - for the same reason. We say Guffy is guffing about 😁