The electric vacuum cleaner is 104 years old. Can someone tell

[DS1]

me WHY, after all these years of technological acheivement, NOBODY can design one that doesn't sound like a GODDAMN JET ENGINE?

:grr: :nuke:

[sasquatch]

1. This thread sucks already

:P

[SOteric]

2. If we did that,

how the heck would we scare the poop out of our cats?

[Shell Beau]

5. And our dogs?

Mine make a beeline under the bed. Except my little one who tries to attack it.

[SOteric]

6. Yeah, the little ones

have a lot of heart like that. :7

[eyesroll]

3. There are professional models that operate at 58 decibels or less.

(Normal conversation's around 50 decibels.)

They ain't cheap.

Edit: Typo. Normal conversation's 50 decibels; 70 would be closer to what you'd need to do in a loud bar.

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. 1912, House Bill HS241, the "anti-DS1 Vacuum Noise Non-Reduction Act"

Made it illegal, specifically for purposes for all generations succeeding your maternal grandfather, to reduce vacuum cleaner noise in perpetuity.

This law was re-addressed in 1967, and again in 1978, but both times was upheld by the vast majority of the house and the motion to suspend the law never even got so much as a "second" from another senator OR congressmen.

[realisticphish]

7. its a conspiracy

run by the hearing-aid cartels

[hfojvt]

8. I like the loud ones

I clean up after parties and wedding receptions. Usually after the party there are a bunch of people who sit around yakking for hours. Instead of forcibly removing them or calling the cops I can just fire up the old vacuum cleaner and it becomes too hard to talk over all that roaring. I am vacuum, hear me roar!

[billyskank]

9. 'Cause

a 1500W motor spinning that fast just makes that noise.

[DS1]

11. It shouldn't require 1500 watts

However, that would explain why my UPS was screaming its fool head off after I clicked off my new cleaner- which had been running right next to 2 x 250W halogen lamps :D

[underpants]

10. Because you just never know when you might need to pick up a bowling ball

I am curious about those yellow ones, the ones that aren't vacuums...how does THAT work?

[DS1]

12. Witch craft

Or they just pulse the carpet with Bushisms, which causes the dirt to want dive into the escape bag

[SOteric]

13. You mean like,

they're sports cars for witches?

[DS1]

14. One's that like to suck head first

:hide:

[SoCalDem]

15. some lame vacuum humor

[purr]

16. Did you ever hear of electrolux????

They are SOOOO quiet!!!!!! Too bad they're way out of my price range. The Dysons are also quiet but not as quiet as the electrolux.

[LaraMN]

17. So roll some tape around your hand and pat the floor.

Suffer an eyefull of Precious Moments Hell, whiner!



:rofl:

[Lisa]

18. I've probably got it in my closet!

An item inherited from my 80-something former landlady ... I really need to upgrade.