The leaf raking competitors must have some sort of rules, whether formal or informal. If not, there would be continuing disputes and even violence between the rakers. For example, did you ever notice how all the clear leaf bags are the same size? There must be a reason for this. The uniform leaf bag size keeps the competing rakers from getting into arguments about who is more efficient with their raking and bagging methods.

The same emphasis on uniformity can be seen with rakes. Sure, you can get metal rakes, plastic rakes, rakes with attachments, but have you ever noticed that the spread of the rake tines is pretty much the same with every type of rake? Again, this prevents some yeehaa from using a rake with a huge spread thereby causing hard feelings and confrontations with the other rakers. It is sort of like NASCAR does with the restrictor plates. Uniformity with the raking equipment provides a level playing field for the fierce competitors in the leaf raking worldcomg competitionsent provides a level playing field for the fierce competitors in the leaf raking competitions.

Another group of leaf people in my neighborhood are the people who hire other people to rake their leaves. They also cause general commotion in the entire neighborhood. The leaf raking contractors show up with huge trailers and an army of workers. They block the roads with the trailers and hit the yards with industrial blowers that scream and whine for hours. The workers pile up the leaves and then suck them up in big vacuum trucks and carry the leaves away with them.

These people are really looked down on by the leaf rakers…

God Bless America.

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