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[–] useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I have just witnessed someone cleaning a kitchen/breakroom with a leaf blower.

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Suck or blow? Because some of them can do both.

[–] useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

After my brief period of shock and horror, I ran away.

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago

~~pussy~~ Well done

[–] mysticgreg@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Duenan@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Good old Spaceballs.

"She's gone from suck to blow."

[–] mysticgreg@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I could quote that movie all day.

spoiler


[–] Duenan@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I used to watch it all the time as a kid, some of the quotes are ingrained in me.

"Comb the desert!"

[–] mysticgreg@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago

Same, and it was one of the first movies that went on my media server when I first set it up.

Might be time for a re-watch.

[–] mysticgreg@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Whenever my wife cuts my hair, I blast all the tiny little clippings out by grabbing the ol' leaf blower and aiming it at the top of my head. Electric though, a petrol one would be a bit heavy :D

Also use it for dusting vents and clearing crud from cupholders and such when cleaning the inside of my car and I CBF running the air compressor hose out or wasting canned air.

For some people the only tool they need is a hammer. For me, it's a leaf blower :D

Sometimes I even use it for clearing leaves.

[–] PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Mr P did this in the lounge and kitchen once. I came home and wondered, "why does the place smell more than vaguely of petrol? And why is all there a line of dirt and fluff along the skirting of the far wall and floor of the place?" Put 2+2 together and asked him if he did a Caddyshack, which he admitted to lol.