There is no question vacuum cleaners are the most awful invention....what comes in a close second is the power mower! Pots, pans etc. which make loud clangs and bangs after one carefully knocks them on the kitchen floor are dreadful. Wynkie does not like the buzzer on the dryer (drier?), especially when shes snoozing on top of it while it's nice and warm. Very truly yours, Peregrin Took, the Thane(aka Pippin) o/b/o self, Eowyn (Wynkie) and Legolas (Lil Guy)