Several weeks ago I unsuspectingly registered for a design at our local Pizza Inn. I was just standing there while Jason paid our bill and there was a podium with a big red and chaste sign that said, "Register for your chance to win $200.00". Well, we could definitely use $200, so I put our name on the the same of paper and stuffed it into the box.

A few nights later I got a call from a man saying that we had won a daily prize of $25 and that all we needed to do to seek the money was to let him come to our house and tell us about Filter Queen.

I don't know how familiar you are with Filter Queen but apparently it is a wonderful nice, super expensive vacuum cleaner that can do everything from clean your rugs to suggest your children.

The night he was originally supposed to come I got a raging stomach virus, so we had to reschedule. I should have had him come about on the original night and see if the machine could cure me.

Last night he came to our house with boxes in tow and proceeded to illustrate the Filter Queen for us.

It was DISGUSTING! I mean, I know I'm not a great housekeeper or anything, but this was absolutely revolting. There was dust and clay and grime all over everything he touched.

He told us about how in the old days people kept their windows set in motion and the air in the house was new every 30 minutes; now the air is new only every 4-5 hours. He had newspaper articles and doctor's prescriptions. It was somewhat convincing.

He did mention that he has sold more Filter Queens than any other salesman in the history of the company. Then again, he also said that his nephew holds the time record for most one-armed pushups. His past...

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