# My Lame Rant About Blinds!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lame-rant-about-blinds/221991>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 31, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lame-rant-about-blinds/221991 "2003-12-31T19:37:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Silver\_Serpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@Silver\_Serpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Serpentine)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lame-rant-about-blinds/221991/21 "2004-01-04T01:14:57Z")

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The bottom edges of my blinds are duct taped together. Mr Fat Cat Boom breaks blinds like crazy.

Why can’t they make blinds sturdier? Damnit.

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lame-rant-about-blinds/221991/22 "2004-01-04T01:30:36Z")

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My friend Veruca tells me that Levelor is the number 1 blind.

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**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lame-rant-about-blinds/221991/23 "2004-01-04T03:39:59Z")

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Blinds are no good with my cats around. In their zeal to see out the window they keep snapping off the stupid slats.  
So I made some roman shades for my bedroom windows. I sleep during the day also-it’s nice and dark in there now. And the blind cords run through simple pulleys instead of those stop-and-go mechanisms, much smoother action.

If you ever open them that is.

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**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lame-rant-about-blinds/221991/24 "2004-01-04T11:52:14Z")

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I hate them. They’re ugly, they collect dust and they get all brittle, and break to pieces. AND then there’s the “don’t open correctly” thing on top of all that.

I like drapes. 😃

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