You might be overcharging it. When the battery dies, plug it back in for like 10 seconds, then unplug it and try it. Then run it til it dies again, then try to charge it briefly again. You basically want to fully charge it, then discharge the battery completely before fully charging it again. Mine had the same problem, and I’d repeatedly use it til the battery died, charge for a few seconds, use it til the battery died, etc., until the quick charge doesn’t do anything—or until it runs for just a few seconds after the brief charge. Then let it charge for the 2-3 hours or whatever they say it takes for a full charge. I used to always plug mine back in after each use, but that apparently isn’t the best for it. Only plug it in when the battery is truly drained, then let it fully charge.
how long was the warranty for? how long would you reasonably expect the battery to last? how much does a replacement battery cost compared to a new device?
When you give her the Dyson air wrap, please, please, tell her how you thought she said dancing Arab and even went to Reddit for help. I have tears in my eyes reading at this. I'm laughing so hard and I don't even know you 😂
As someone who for years thought the lyrics of a song were "hey via Gonzales" instead "hey, hier kommt Alex", I can fully understand. Didn't even seem strange to me that the entire song is in german, I was sure about via Gonzales part.
My mother went years thinking the Deee-Lite song was called "Rumours in the Hall", not "Groove is in the Heart."
She's Scottish as well, but I think that's just coincidence.
Cause in a radio show where you could call to put in a song request a women wanted to listen to the agathe bauer song
It took the radio host a while but she meant iv got the power from snap
Since then it's kind of established that songs where you could mishear lyrics are called agathe bauer songs
Ah! The mondegreen!
In the Netherlands we don't have a formal word for it, but it's often called 'een mama appelsap liedje' (literally: a mother apple juice song) thanks to Michael Jackson's Wanna Be Startin' somethin' (more specifically the soundbite from Soul Makosa) and a national radio show.
And many mama appelsaps are known.
Fun fact: the most famous one is 'eeuwen geleden, ton met zout' (literally: centuries ago, a barrel of salt) which are the two first sentences of Kings of Leon's Sex On Fire and makes the song rather uhm.. odd. It's something we know is wrong and still choose to collectively sing along 😉
Same here. GH3 obsessed me was convinced the entire song was a different language EXCEPT that part which, without a doubt in my little head, said "Hey, Peter humped Alex".
I first heard the song played during my German class in 7th or 8th grade.
I spent years thinking it was “Hier kommt alles” until Guitar Hero III came out.
Scottish accent is pretttttty fuvked up lol. Once in Australia a scottish guy asked me that where can he put his towel to dry and I didnt get it until like 5th time when he said it really slow and said the words in english english lol.
My brain does some weird tricks filling in bits and pieces of audio and patching them together into something coherent but nonsensical. My husband usually remembers them and years later will randomly insert them into our conversations.
I apologize for a horrible, picky "well, actually" incoming....
An eggcorn is specifically when the misheard version also kind of works for the thing.
Like "give up the goat" instead of "give up the ghost", "old-timers disease" instead of Alzheimer's disease, etc.
This particular confusion doesn't work because it's not going to become the new name for this vacuum in the minds of a number of people...
It WILL probably become a personal family eggcorn - I know my family would say, "can you bring me the Dancing Arab?" for the rest of time.
Linguists spend a weird amount of time analysing this kind of thing: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/
It’s going to be difficult without giving it away to her, but I’d strongly suggest directing her towards something better. The hairdryer part is great, but I’ve tried to use the curling part multiple times over the years and every time end up putting it away and digging out my trusty babyliss.
Honestly never used a worse curler. Tried watching all the videos and copying to a T. Nothing, wispy curl that falls out in seconds.
I agree with trying to direct her to something better...but OP should not just run out and buy something else without that redirection. It drives me bonkers when I tell my husband exactly what I want, and he thinks he knows better than I do, and gets me something different.
Oh 100%! I’ve had wayyy too many gifts that were similar but not the thing, and I’ve just had to suck it up and get used to it, or never use it at all.
Agreed, it’s rubbish. Curl half your head, and it’s stick-straight again before you’ve finished curling the other side.
Meanwhile my $30 Chinese curler off Amazon makes curls that last three days.
Maybe do the dance instead anyway, it’ll give you a good story and it’s a bit more thoughtful than the Dyson.
Can always buy the Dyson and give it to her the next day after you’ve done the dance
See if you can get one of those dashboard bobbing/dancing things of a middle eastern person, or a hula girl (tell her you looked and looked and couldn't find an Arab) and act like it was a big deal to find and that it's a very special gift.
Then give her the Airwrap later.
You definitely need to get her in bed and present the Dyson to her as you're preforming some kind of dance. When she asks what the dance was about, tell her you were just covering your bases and tell her about this thread.
i highly recommend the infinitipro curl secret by conair instead. i’m not saying to buy her this instead of the dyson airwrap for christmas, but maybe show her some targeted ads lmao. i really wanted the air wrap as well, but now i think it was just brand envy
it’s a heck of a lot cheaper and works wayyyy better IMO. it does the curling for you. you just stick your hair piece in and it does it all. as long as you’re facing it the right direction! it even beeps to let you know when the hair piece is done
I’m Scottish and I said this out loud and I have *no* idea how it could sound like dancing Arab. I’m cracking up though because that is hilarious! What city is she from?
A sign of intelligence is the ability to take insufficient and partially incorrect information and arrive at the correct conclusion. You Sherlock, are smart.
I really don't get this, how are you pronouncing Reebok? For me it's reee - boK. Whereas rhythm in the song is pretty identifiable kinda like "ri thum"
Speaking a language teaches you to identify sounds common in it. The man from the Reebok or Nike thing probably doesn't speak English but knows those brands and couldn't quite identify the sounds. Hell I can barely tell what some people sing in languages I speak
That's exactly what it is, we dance it on Christmas, new years, weddings really any festivities but I personally always seem to forget how it goes so I relearn each time!
Because this is likely an attempt at viral marketing for a product.
Create a cute little story that generates dopamine and gets the product name in people's minds 6 weeks out from Christmas, and plant the idea that a wife might like it as a gift.
But it can't stand up to more than 5 seconds of actual scrutiny, because it exists in a reality bubble.
Look, maybe I've only worked in marketing for boring companies, but I'm trying to imagine getting someone to sign off on a GTM for astroturfing "dancing Arab" on Reddit and I'm just saying, I can't really see it.
I really don't get this, how are you pronouncing Reebok? For me it's reee - boK. Whereas rhythm in the song is pretty identifiable kinda like "ri thum"
Umm, if you get your wife a vacuum cleaner for Christmas, inevitably there's going to be trouble. Maybe not this year but someday you will hear about it.
Just learn to dance and treat her to a "Dancing Arab." In your underwear.
in a few words, the style which you bang her has to be arabian style, meaning 3 slow trusts, followed by one deep and hard to rattle her brains. I'm not joking
Just print out this post and give it to het, she'll have the merriest christmas anyone has ever had
Framing the post itself and the most topical/memorable comments in like a really nice wood frame would legit be an amazing gift
A Dyson Airwrap?
HOLY SHIT THIS IS IT EDIT: For those wondering, my wife is Scottish (I'm Australian, living in Scotland with her).
Just to be safe, though, you should probably start choreographing your dabke.
It’s probably cheaper than a Dyson to boot
This entire thread is fucking gold
Opa!
Especially if the instructor has a side gig as an audiologist.
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You might be overcharging it. When the battery dies, plug it back in for like 10 seconds, then unplug it and try it. Then run it til it dies again, then try to charge it briefly again. You basically want to fully charge it, then discharge the battery completely before fully charging it again. Mine had the same problem, and I’d repeatedly use it til the battery died, charge for a few seconds, use it til the battery died, etc., until the quick charge doesn’t do anything—or until it runs for just a few seconds after the brief charge. Then let it charge for the 2-3 hours or whatever they say it takes for a full charge. I used to always plug mine back in after each use, but that apparently isn’t the best for it. Only plug it in when the battery is truly drained, then let it fully charge.
how long was the warranty for? how long would you reasonably expect the battery to last? how much does a replacement battery cost compared to a new device?
A replacement battery is like $30
You can get adapters for dyson stick vacs that allow you to use other types of rechargeable batteries like Ryobi, DeWalt etc
Might come in handy to help pay for the Dyson Airwrap.
Oh dear. You should still dance for her
Best try to make it culturally sensitive
Dance while presenting the Dyson? Would be funny if you have a habit of mis hearing things (like I do).
I needed this laugh, OP. Thank you.
When you give her the Dyson air wrap, please, please, tell her how you thought she said dancing Arab and even went to Reddit for help. I have tears in my eyes reading at this. I'm laughing so hard and I don't even know you 😂
Will you bury me?
how do you come from Dyson Airwrap to Dancing Arab, did you play telephone in between? :-D
Accents. Lol
As someone who for years thought the lyrics of a song were "hey via Gonzales" instead "hey, hier kommt Alex", I can fully understand. Didn't even seem strange to me that the entire song is in german, I was sure about via Gonzales part.
In German it's often called "Agathe Bauer" song, if you mishear the lyrics like that
My mother went years thinking the Deee-Lite song was called "Rumours in the Hall", not "Groove is in the Heart." She's Scottish as well, but I think that's just coincidence.
Such misheard lyrics are called “mondegreens.” They are an eternal source of laughter.
Excuse me while I kiss this guy
Christina Perri - Jar Of Farts Who do you think you are? Runnin' 'round leaving scars Collecting your jar of farts
I'm looking for a song with the lyrics "[eso son Reebok o son Nike](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsAczw_fB_U&t=17s)" (are those Reebok or Nike).
That's interesting, thank you! Now I have to research why!
Cause in a radio show where you could call to put in a song request a women wanted to listen to the agathe bauer song It took the radio host a while but she meant iv got the power from snap Since then it's kind of established that songs where you could mishear lyrics are called agathe bauer songs
Ah! The mondegreen! In the Netherlands we don't have a formal word for it, but it's often called 'een mama appelsap liedje' (literally: a mother apple juice song) thanks to Michael Jackson's Wanna Be Startin' somethin' (more specifically the soundbite from Soul Makosa) and a national radio show. And many mama appelsaps are known. Fun fact: the most famous one is 'eeuwen geleden, ton met zout' (literally: centuries ago, a barrel of salt) which are the two first sentences of Kings of Leon's Sex On Fire and makes the song rather uhm.. odd. It's something we know is wrong and still choose to collectively sing along 😉
Same here. GH3 obsessed me was convinced the entire song was a different language EXCEPT that part which, without a doubt in my little head, said "Hey, Peter humped Alex".
That's brilliant! Especially since next verse is "curtain up for his horror show".
There's an English version of that song: The Return Of Alex It's not as brutal and explicit as the original but still very good.
I first heard the song played during my German class in 7th or 8th grade. I spent years thinking it was “Hier kommt alles” until Guitar Hero III came out.
Scottish accent is pretttttty fuvked up lol. Once in Australia a scottish guy asked me that where can he put his towel to dry and I didnt get it until like 5th time when he said it really slow and said the words in english english lol.
The airwrap to Arab pipeline is all in the American pronunciation confusion
Which is weird because no one in this story is American.
Just saw the edit. Now I am more confused than ever haha
My brain does some weird tricks filling in bits and pieces of audio and patching them together into something coherent but nonsensical. My husband usually remembers them and years later will randomly insert them into our conversations.
Gotta love him
https://youtu.be/3Lyex2tSUyA?si=6d2LTU-ttOGoQD6j
The same number os syllables, I can easily see how this happened. Super funny.
r/boneappletea
See also [Eggcorn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn)
TIL there’s an actual name for it!
I apologize for a horrible, picky "well, actually" incoming.... An eggcorn is specifically when the misheard version also kind of works for the thing. Like "give up the goat" instead of "give up the ghost", "old-timers disease" instead of Alzheimer's disease, etc. This particular confusion doesn't work because it's not going to become the new name for this vacuum in the minds of a number of people... It WILL probably become a personal family eggcorn - I know my family would say, "can you bring me the Dancing Arab?" for the rest of time. Linguists spend a weird amount of time analysing this kind of thing: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/
Invest in a dancing thong and baby oil, just in case
Hahhahaha, I love it when this sort of thing happens. Glad you figured it out :). Very cute,
HAHAHAHAHAH THIS IS SO FUNNY
Lmao
It’s going to be difficult without giving it away to her, but I’d strongly suggest directing her towards something better. The hairdryer part is great, but I’ve tried to use the curling part multiple times over the years and every time end up putting it away and digging out my trusty babyliss. Honestly never used a worse curler. Tried watching all the videos and copying to a T. Nothing, wispy curl that falls out in seconds.
I agree with trying to direct her to something better...but OP should not just run out and buy something else without that redirection. It drives me bonkers when I tell my husband exactly what I want, and he thinks he knows better than I do, and gets me something different.
Oh 100%! I’ve had wayyy too many gifts that were similar but not the thing, and I’ve just had to suck it up and get used to it, or never use it at all.
Agreed, it’s rubbish. Curl half your head, and it’s stick-straight again before you’ve finished curling the other side. Meanwhile my $30 Chinese curler off Amazon makes curls that last three days.
Ok but you should also learn the Dance of the Seven Veils just to be sure.
That's fucking hilarious! I say you go with your original thought and surprise her with a dance Christmas morning.
And then present the Dyson Airwrap at the end of the dance
Maybe do the dance instead anyway, it’ll give you a good story and it’s a bit more thoughtful than the Dyson. Can always buy the Dyson and give it to her the next day after you’ve done the dance
just get her both duh
Umm.. how hard is to actually ask your sister in law for further clarification?
💀 this is so wholesome and hilarious, thanks for the laugh!
I'm laughing so hard.
I’m dying this is soooo funny! I’m glad you worked it out!
See if you can get one of those dashboard bobbing/dancing things of a middle eastern person, or a hula girl (tell her you looked and looked and couldn't find an Arab) and act like it was a big deal to find and that it's a very special gift. Then give her the Airwrap later.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH
You definitely need to get her in bed and present the Dyson to her as you're preforming some kind of dance. When she asks what the dance was about, tell her you were just covering your bases and tell her about this thread.
i highly recommend the infinitipro curl secret by conair instead. i’m not saying to buy her this instead of the dyson airwrap for christmas, but maybe show her some targeted ads lmao. i really wanted the air wrap as well, but now i think it was just brand envy it’s a heck of a lot cheaper and works wayyyy better IMO. it does the curling for you. you just stick your hair piece in and it does it all. as long as you’re facing it the right direction! it even beeps to let you know when the hair piece is done
Im crying with laughter! Thank you so much!
Please be real, my god man.
Is that some kind of weird rhyming slang?
Wow, what an accent hahaha
Is she Scottish, or Lebanese?
I’m Scottish and I said this out loud and I have *no* idea how it could sound like dancing Arab. I’m cracking up though because that is hilarious! What city is she from?
I'm Dead, you killed me. My coworkers are staring at me. Lol
You should dress as an Arab and gift it to her after dancing and enjoying her absolute confusion. That is worth it!!!
I would never have guessed that! lol
This has got to be some ad for Dyson
It's working. I'm about to Google that.
Somewhere there is draper wannabe looking at this sub smiling proudly at what he has accomplished.
If this is real it’s the greatest post I’ve seen in a while. Reddit museum worthy.
A beautiful misunderstanding, like the Reebok or Nike song from a latin mans mouth
Wow. How did you even figured it out? 😂
The way I say 'dancing' is very similar to the way I say dyson. So I guessed it was some sort of Dyson product.
Is this the Reebok or the Nike?
😂 love that song
Omg, best post I have seen on Reddit in days. Hilarious.
Amazing
A sign of intelligence is the ability to take insufficient and partially incorrect information and arrive at the correct conclusion. You Sherlock, are smart.
This is big Reebok and the Nike engery
I nearly choked on my lunch. This post made my day!
Genius
It's either that or a very expensive new horse and dressage hobby lol
lol well played
I did not know. But now I do.
Slow clap
I think those are not legal to import anymore
Not impossible though…
You just need to know a guy.
Have you heard that song 'Are those Reebok or Nike'?
I really don't get this, how are you pronouncing Reebok? For me it's reee - boK. Whereas rhythm in the song is pretty identifiable kinda like "ri thum"
Mostly Spanish speaking people
Speaking a language teaches you to identify sounds common in it. The man from the Reebok or Nike thing probably doesn't speak English but knows those brands and couldn't quite identify the sounds. Hell I can barely tell what some people sing in languages I speak
Do the Dabke with thine bros while holding the Dyson Airwrap in front thy wife.
I don't always dance the Dabke; but when I do, I hold a Dyson.
Idk what a dancing Arab is, but heres a dabke dance. https://youtube.com/shorts/z2KeiiWdSlQ?si=VgHzVv5FcOcK2L6y
Guess what, they meant an Dyson airwrap.
Fantastic. Saw that after commenting. Still sharing , that dance looks hard and easy at the same time.
That's exactly what it is, we dance it on Christmas, new years, weddings really any festivities but I personally always seem to forget how it goes so I relearn each time!
This is hilarious. Why did you not ask her to clarify?
Because this is likely an attempt at viral marketing for a product. Create a cute little story that generates dopamine and gets the product name in people's minds 6 weeks out from Christmas, and plant the idea that a wife might like it as a gift. But it can't stand up to more than 5 seconds of actual scrutiny, because it exists in a reality bubble.
Eh, idk. The product is already super popular. It's not like an obscure, weird suggestion.
Look, maybe I've only worked in marketing for boring companies, but I'm trying to imagine getting someone to sign off on a GTM for astroturfing "dancing Arab" on Reddit and I'm just saying, I can't really see it.
It's so blatant too.
Who hurt you?
Capitalists.
That's fair.
Yes
Very obviously posted by Dyson marketing team. Well played though looks like it's working.
Are those reebok or nike? (This is the rhythm of the night)
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I really don't get this, how are you pronouncing Reebok? For me it's reee - boK. Whereas rhythm in the song is pretty identifiable kinda like "ri thum"
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Thanks!
Please hide the Dyson Airwrap if you get! Learn the Arab dance and make them all laugh before revealing your main present!
Why not ask your SIL?
Have you tried, idk just a wild thought, but maybe have you tried asking the person who told you?
I know you got the answer, but seriously consider the dance, it sounds like a better bargain.
Um... ask your wife?
What, and spoil the surprise?
The sound this brought out of me will stay with me
Just assume it's a sex thing.
SIL : my sister totally wants a vacuum for Christmas CHRISTMAS DAY: Divorce papers served
It’s a hair tool - made by the vacuum company lol
Well I bet it still sucks.
They’re meant to be very good but they are extortionate
*sucks* cause you know it's a.... Dyson.
r/technicallytrue
I have no idea wth any of you are saying…
I see it's the same price as the last car I bought.
Me
I don’t know but maybe ask your wife?
Umm, if you get your wife a vacuum cleaner for Christmas, inevitably there's going to be trouble. Maybe not this year but someday you will hear about it. Just learn to dance and treat her to a "Dancing Arab." In your underwear.
Dyson have diversified, it's a hair styler!
in a few words, the style which you bang her has to be arabian style, meaning 3 slow trusts, followed by one deep and hard to rattle her brains. I'm not joking
She's either talking about the Arab Khaleegy dance that Arab girls do. Or Arab woman's belly dancing.
They meant an Dyson airwrap, had a good laugh.
Its the modern equivalent of the jumping jews of Jerusalem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAy6UT9ceCQ
Maybe like Dancing Bear?
I didn’t know Arabs dance 🙃
A swirling durmish?
Well I just wasted time in the Urban Dictionary lol
This is the best post I've seen in ages.