# Which should come first: vacuuming or dusting?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-should-come-first-vacuuming-or-dusting/444462>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 8, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-should-come-first-vacuuming-or-dusting/444462 "2008-04-08T15:20:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-should-come-first-vacuuming-or-dusting/444462/21 "2008-04-09T06:51:12Z")

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[QUOTE=exclamation!]  
What’s a roomba?!  
[/QUOTE]

See [here](http://www.irobot.com/sp.cfm?pageid=122), and [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roomba). 🙂

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**Author:** ![exclamation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/858c86/32.png) [@exclamation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/exclamation)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-should-come-first-vacuuming-or-dusting/444462/22 "2008-04-09T07:56:35Z")

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Haha oh thanks!

I’ve wanted to get one of those since I saw the Arrested Development episode where one was heavily featured. Sort of like a pet that doesn’t poo.

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**Author:** ![Bunf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Bunf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bunf)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-should-come-first-vacuuming-or-dusting/444462/23 "2008-04-09T14:51:45Z")

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we’ve come to the conclusion it should be dusting first and then vacuuming, right?

thanks for all your contributions!

cheers

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**Author:** ![StinkyBurrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@StinkyBurrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StinkyBurrito)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-should-come-first-vacuuming-or-dusting/444462/24 "2008-04-09T16:30:08Z")

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Well, I just alternate - Vacuum one month and dust the next.  
Now, where did that slob reform thread get off to…

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