It's still easier to find the correct Hoover bag than to find one pure person, one pure faith, on the globe.

Zadie Smith
It's still easier to find the correct Hoover bag than...
It's still easier to find the correct Hoover bag than...
It's still easier to find the correct Hoover bag than...
It's still easier to find the correct Hoover bag than...
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In the 1950's, the low-cost vacuum cleaner company, Hoover, ran an ad campaign that said, "It's still easier to find the correct Hoover bag than to find one pure person, one pure faith, on the globe." A new study by researchers at Ohio State University found that people are actually more likely to find true love in the real world than in a game like "World of Warcraft."

Source: White Teeth

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