Using Protection in QUOTIDIEN

Put a stranger on our path, and Beth will not only stand between me and him/her, she will pull out every physical promise of their near-future dismemberment.

Let me take out the vacuum cleaner, though, and it's every dog for herself.

As a friend pointed out: What do you suppose will happen if you ever come across a stranger with a vacuum cleaner?

Hopefully, the world will never know.