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    Apparently, you SHOULD sing/dance/listen to music while vacuuming...
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    Somehow I think this might work for me, but not for my neighbours... I would have to crack up the volume of the radio so much that they would not be amused
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    Quote Originally Posted by prendrelemick View Post
    I can't believe no one has posted this here before now.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8CTscW3dpI
    Oh, I only found out about this commercial after watching "Top 100 TV Commercials" (Channel 4). Agree with Paul that it stays with you.
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    Vacuuming... this is the song which jumps to my mind:
    Queen - I want to break FREE
    When I watched this video for the first time, I did not understand spoken English that well so I was VERY confused (but loved the song regardless).
    Quote Originally Posted by Sapphire View Post
    Apparently, you SHOULD sing/dance/listen to music while vacuuming...
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    Brilliant! I usually listen to my Ipod while doing housework. Should pick livelier songs from now on.

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    I cooked today and I forgot to turn off the oven, it was on for a good 3 hours before I walked in the kitchen and wondered why it was so hot.
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    I have done that too Several times actually: the cost of multitasking .
    I even have done that with food still in the oven Not 3 hours though, but the food was spoiled and the burned smell stayed in the house for another 2 days ...
    It is not too late, to be wild for roundabouts - to be wild for life
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    In the shake and vac ad the woman has accepted her domestic role, she makes the best of it, finding hidden joy in such unlikely places as a packet of carpet de-odourizer. She understands the satisfaction of a job well done, and finds it a cause for celebration. She is at one with the role she has chosen. She a has positive mental attitude. The result is happiness.

    On the other hand Freddie sees the act of hoovering as a burden and a symbol of womens servitude. Its a chore, drudgery, a job that is never done with - next day it will need doing again. His solution is to run from it, leave it behind and search for something else. But he knows he won't, its just a dream . A dream he relies on to keep going.

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    Quote Originally Posted by prendrelemick View Post
    In the shake and vac ad the woman has accepted her domestic role, she makes the best of it, finding hidden joy in such unlikely places as a packet of carpet de-odourizer. She understands the satisfaction of a job well done, and finds it a cause for celebration. She is at one with the role she has chosen. She a has positive mental attitude. The result is happiness.

    On the other hand Freddie sees the act of hoovering as a burden and a symbol of womens servitude. Its a chore, drudgery, a job that is never done with - next day it will need doing again. His solution is to run from it, leave it behind and search for something else. But he knows he won't, its just a dream . A dream he relies on to keep going.
    Ever tried vacuuming your sheep, Mick?
    I'm weary with right-angles, abbreviated daylight,
    Waiting for a winter to be done.
    Why do I still see you in every mirrored window,
    In all that I could never overcome?

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    Which nozzle would you recommend?

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    Quote Originally Posted by *Classic*Charm* View Post
    Ever tried vacuuming your sheep, Mick?
    "Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
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    Quote Originally Posted by papayahed View Post
    I almost walked out of the house this morning with red shoes and a green handbag.


    And how was a disaster of such magnitude averted???
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    Quote Originally Posted by papayahed View Post
    I almost walked out of the house this morning with red shoes and a green handbag.
    One of my favorite color combinations

    Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
    To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits
    in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.”

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    You should only wear red with green during Christmas, is my opinion. Then there are some color combinations that are never, ever to be tolerated - like purple and red. Just don't.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf View Post
    You should only wear red with green during Christmas, is my opinion. Then there are some color combinations that are never, ever to be tolerated - like purple and red. Just don't.

    Like that:




    I don't really mind purple and red so much, I really dislike purple and yellow but that has more to do with a college football team.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post


    And how was a disaster of such magnitude averted???
    I switched to a gray bag. The real issue is a good travel bag. I need something to fit my airplane essentials* but still be mildly cute.




    * airplane essentials include at least one book, one puzzle book, one pen, two cell phones, 2 mp3s(you never know when one might give up), a bottle of water, and a small snack.
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    Quote Originally Posted by papayahed View Post
    I switched to a gray bag. The real issue is a good travel bag. I need something to fit my airplane essentials* but still be mildly cute.
    Luckily, all my bags are more or less big enough to carry those listed on daily basis (throw in a Eee PC and a very large pencil case too). I have never had a gray bag, though; mildly intrigued now.

    PS: And you promised not to share that photo of ours with anyone!!!!
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