I really can't compete with the dramatic storytelling abilities of the others. I can tell you that it's a circus when I vacuum around this place. The old vacuum cleaner, great in its heyday, is giving out on me. It's given me the best 12 years that it can. I just have to be careful to vacuum first-dust later due the the stuff this contraption throws back into the environment. We do have a great filter on the furnace/air system, but it really becomes a dog chasing its tail around here. I guess it could actually be compared to a juggler since I was using the circus comparison above, but I just know that the vacuum cleaner is dying. I hear it gasping for air itself each time I use. Have pity on both of us! :D