Where to Turn Off the Power
A woman used a vacuum cleaner to retrieve an earring she had dropped under a piece of furniture. After bringing the nozzle back toward herself, she held out her hand beneath it and then turned off the power. The earring then fell into her palm. She hadn’t opened the vacuum cleaner’s dust container. How did she retrieve it?
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Hint 1
She had devised a way to keep the earring from getting mixed in with the trash.
Hint 2
When she held out her hand, the earring was still on the outside of the vacuum cleaner.
Hint 3
The suction nozzle was fitted with something that allowed air to pass through but prevented the earring from passing through.
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The truth behind this mystery
The woman had placed a pair of pantyhose over the nozzle and secured them so they wouldn’t slip off. Since air could pass through but the earring could not, it did not enter the vacuum cleaner and instead stuck to the surface of the fabric. Because it remained there as long as the suction continued, she was able to move it above her hand before turning off the power and catching the falling earring.
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She secured a piece of air-permeable fabric or mesh to the nozzle, carried the earring while suction held it against the outside, then turned off the power and caught it in her hand.
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