Observation on suckiness

[mdlbear]

On the whole, I would prefer that things not suck. I make an exception for vacuum cleaners, however. Why anyone would add a hard-to-see and obscurely-labeled control to a vacuum cleaner that makes it suck less is something I'd rather not know, and whose designer had better hope they don't meet me on a moonless night.

Comments

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

D'OH!

[kyrielle]

...ironically, making it suck less makes it suck more, if you want to phrase it that way. *ducks!*

[mdlbear]

*chuckles*
*throws peanuts*
Exactly. It wouldn't suck if it would only suck...

[judifilksign.livejournal.com]

You want a vacuum to have less suction for older throw carpets, so that they aren't drawn in and mangled by the brush rotation, and become unravelled.

Some vacuums also have a brush height adjuster, so that you can have the brushes sweep bare floors and low-lying carpet, and higher for plush or fuzzy carpet.

[mdlbear]

Thanks. But it made a much better joke the other way.

Didn't know that about older carpets; the brush height and carpet/floor settings I already knew about.