As a cat person, I have several times vacuumed the house and had a whole new cat by the end– Miss Kitty particularly could shed her weight in fur about every 36 hours. I really did have 5 pounds of cat hair after steam-cleaning the carpets in the old house when Chris moved out.

So, I expect to see a lot of fur when vacuuming. However, while vacuuming the bedroom today, the vacuum sputtered a little bit and began to smell like burning ass. Alarmed, I switched it off and turned it over to see what could possibly be stuck in there. And sure enough, there was a massive clump of hair preventing the vacuum from spinning. But as I pulled and tugged, it turned out to be human hair. It turns out that over time, my wife sheds her weight in hair, as well! And it’s long enough and strong enough to mangle a Bissell!