Man attempts to start vacuum cleaner, to no avail

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I’m pretty sure he does it as a joke. He got his hour of fame.

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I’ve had hangovers like that.

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You’d think that after suffering his first stroke, he’d have learned his lesson. Trade that damn thing in for an electric one!

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The cylinders aren’t even sputtering. It’s a fuel supply issue. Check the shutoff valve and try again.

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Yeah, this is a visual dad joke.
But a good one!

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it’s tim “the tool man” taylor, retirement years…

Did you try to pug it instead?

It doesn’t look like it has any compression - maybe it’s sucked a valve or has a hole in the piston.

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Good thing it didn’t start—running it indoors, he’d risk CO poisoning.

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needs more choke

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Boring but true answer: he’s actually saying “Isn’t it possible to get the cord out of this thing?”

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That’s why he needs the vacuum running.

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It’s frustrating when that happens, but at least it doesn’t suck.

Touché!

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oblig

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