Just a little story to tell against myself, in the hope that it might amuse. Last year we brought out a vacuum cleaner from the UK and have been using it with the UK plug and an adapter. A few days ago I decided that the time had come to stop fiddling around with adapters and fit an Italian plug. So I cut off the UK plug and switched. The vacuum cleaner worked fine, of course. Then, after finishing vacuuming, I complacently pressed the power line withdrawal button and watched with horror as the plug quickly disappeared into the body of the cleaner: I had failed to realise that the Italian plug was narrower than its UK equivalent. I have finally managed to retrieve it, having watched several YouTube videos in which blokes mutter to themselves while disassembling vacuum cleaners; gone out to buy a set of Torc screwdrivers; and worked out why the models shown on the videos are slightly different from mine. Anyway, job done. But che palle!! My wife has kindly refrained from pointing out that I am an idiot, so all's well that ends well

All of us have the capacity to do daft things. Thanks for the laugh.

Thanks for posting that - and I'm definitely laughing with you here.

Reminds me that I really should rewatch the Woody Allen film Small Time Crooks - the one with Tracey Ullman - the bank vault scene, that's me

Stick an adapter plug on it, even if not needed, and it won't happen again. I'm not saying how I know.

You can always use a ty-wrap on the cable.

Love it, thanks!

thats annoying. Tie a loose knot in the flex just above the plug and job done.

Thanks for that, it made me smile.
Which reminds me: A few days ago a couple of religious characters rung our doorbell trying to sell vacuum cleaners.
- They were JeHoovers Witnesses.......

After 14 years I still have loads of things with UK plugs but mainly because I dislike the Schuko plugs so much. It goes against the grain to replace something with an inferior item.

When we moved to Spain I bought a number of the required plugs for Spain and changed them on the items we were taking, so when out stuff arrived all we needed to do was plug them in.

Or telling your neighbours that you were going to plant a squid when you meant a hedge...but to be fair....they are similar words

I'd love to see how well your squid grows.

I did have a customs officer ask me if I kept any elephants but her English was poor. It turned out she meant animals!