If sound can't travel in a vacuum, how come vacuum cleaners make so much noise?


            (a) nature abhors a vacuum


            (b) in order to scare the cat


            (c) something to do with Higgs bosons


            (d) wait a minute, is this a serious question?


            (e) none of the above



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Last Updated: March 16, 2008