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I'm not going to vacuum 'til Sears makes one you can ride on.

— Roseanne

A small green toy tractor with a brass vacuum hose stands on a patch of green shaggy carpet.
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The speaker refuses to vacuum until a version exists that can be ridden. The condition turns reluctance about a household chore into an extravagant demand for convenience. One reading is that the joke makes delaying the work sound like waiting patiently for the right invention.

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