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WHEN ART SUCKS

Who pays $4.4M for a vacuum? The rich.

The most my wife and I have ever paid for a vacuum cleaner is $142.99. We got it from Target. It’s a Bissell. A Bissell Clean-View, to be specific, with “OnePass” technology, a turbo brush and five deep-cleaning settings.

I’ve never actually used the turbo brush, but you can tell by looking at that bad-boy accessory it’s all business. Dust bunnies don’t stand

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