- the oreck vacuum (my lovely christmas present) [see figure a] is more powerful than the swiffer sweeper-vac. (which i used until last christmas and which works beautifully on hard floors when your real vacuum "bites the dust.") [see figure b]
- ha ha! get it?! "bites the dust!" ahem ... moving on.
- the power of the oreck vacuum is displayed remarkably when the vacuum is navigated over a sound system speaker cord. [see figure c]
- the number of times a sound system speaker cord can wrap around the twirly-brush mechanism (its technical name) of an oreck vacuum in the time it takes the absent minded operator to shut off power to the vacuum is approximately 94. (thereby gutting the sound system of what initially appears to be most of its cord, but is actually only .07%, since sound system cords reproduce rapidly and indiscriminately whenever they are not in use.)
- sony sound system cords react unfavorably to being run over by oreck vacuums. (i haven't tested other brands of sound systems and vacuums, but i would highly recommend this experiment as a potential senior project or youtube video.)
- the word "vacuum" is spelled with one "c" and two "u"s, according to google, yahoo answers, and dictionary.com, although "vaccuum" (spelled with two "c"s and two "u"s) appears to be a common misspelling.
- if you google "vacuum spelling," most of the entries are on a short lived webcomic called "spelling the vacuum" - about how (according to tvtropes.org) "an inexplicable accident of chance creates a sentient vacuum with an attitude. his name is spelling."
- i have nothing else to say about vacuums, but remind me to tell you about the ants. [see figure d]figure a
figure b
figure c
figure d
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oh-dear! are the ants back for their spring ronde-vue? (i have no idea how to spell that word, nor do i feel like googling it to see how to spell it. ;) (I have a wiggly K on my lap!) :)
Oh no, I hope that the ants have not decided to make an appearance...does the orek vacuum like ants as much as it likes cords? One can only hope!
the ants are being a conundrum. i found about 5 in the house on friday, so i quickly vacuumed (with one c) and set out one of our super-duper high power ant traps. the ant trap seems to have been ant repellant enough, because i haven't seen any since. i'm guessing it was the rain, rather than the ant trap, that scared them away though.
i'll keep you posted... :P
Ooo, I vacuumed up a speaker cord, too. It wasn't sony, and it wasn't an Orek...I think it was only about 23 times, and the speakers still work. Obviously I need a stronger vacuum for the next time I do that.
obviously. i'll lend you mine, but only if you promise to use it responsibly (aka: humorously).
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