From: "Michael A. Terrell" 
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.metalworking alt.home.repair misc.consumers.house misc.consumers.frugal-living
Subject: Re: In-house visit by a "Rainbow vacuum" salesperson
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:16:23 GMT

Chris Lewis wrote:
> 
> According to Ignoramus32056  :
> > We had a visit by a saleswoman who was trying to sell us a $2,000
> > "Rainbow cleaning system".
> 
> Long ago and far away, the mother of a girl I knew asked me to
> sit in on a vacuum demonstration.  Might have been Kirby.  He
> did the usual stuff, which we thought pretty amusing.
> 
> Then her father got home, just as the salesman was getting to
> the "betcha this thing can pick up anything.  Find something
> for me to show you" bit.  Her father said "just a moment",
> went into the basement, and came back with a cylinder about
> 3/4" in diameter, 8" long.
> 
> Just as the salesman was moving the hose towards the thing, he
> asked "oh, by the way, what is this?".
> 
> "Stick of dynamite" was the reply.
> 
> The salesman was out of the house within 15 seconds...


   Rainbow built a vacuum that would pick up a bowling ball.  The only
problem was that it could also pull carpet off the tack strips.  They
had to recall all of them and convert them to their standard motor.

-- 
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida