So we have TOTALLY SOLVED the vacuum mystery. But we're not going to TELL YOU THE ANSWER, not quite yet, because a friend said she wanted to watch the video first.
Anymore guesses?
Update: Le Answer!
So the question is: what sort of vaccuum both "bonks" and "sleeps"?
the answer is: A Roomba!
One of which is owned by elliot's friend Robbie, and which he saw in action a few days ago and has, evidently, really been wanting to tell us about. Baccuum! Bonk! shhhh!
Of course, a roomba doesn't actually sleep, but it does sometimes stop doing it's awesome bonking, and at this point one might explain, to a whinging toddler, that the lack of activity was due to "sleeping" which also required leaving the roomba alone. to sleep.
anyway, that video is not elliot, it's just something I found on youtube, but i think it captures his relationship to the roomba quite well. when elliot saw it, he shrieked, said "Baccum! Baccum!!!!" and then tried to kiss the laptop screen.
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We have opened a college savings account (529 plan) for Elliot! We are not fishing, but this is an easy Xmas gift: print this contribution coupon out and mail it in.
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Elliot's 529
We have opened a college savings account (529 plan) for Elliot! We are not fishing, but this is an easy Xmas gift: print this contribution coupon out and mail it in.
6 comments:
it is unfair to tantalize your loyal friends with an answer that cannot be shared. indeed, i think it is a civil rights violation. . . .
I thought he was talking about vacuuming his hair (ie a blowdrier)
2nd anonymous was Kate R.
What interests me about this event is how insisttent Elliot was in getting his story out there! I was telling my mother (Elliot's great grandmother about yesterday's video and she said, "Well, he was FRUSTRATED!" and it occurred to me that at least in the video, Elliot did not appear especially frustrated. He just seemed to me to WANT TO TELL HIS STORY! go, Elliot! Mimi
Oops, sorry, I do know how to spell INSISTENT! it's finals week! mimi
I have to echo Mimi and say how fantastic it is that Elliot told you a story and not just any story, but one that happened a few days ago. Elliot, you are awesome!
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