Duct Tape Goes Minature 293
metal_llama writes "There is a story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about a man, Christopher Blummel, who "has a vision for a better world - one where every man would carry in his wallet a small cellophane packet containing a product that can come in handy in an emergency. Duct tape." This is exactly what I've always wanted: an ever-handy supply of duct tape."
Would they carry the duct tape... (Score:4, Funny)
Duct Tape (Score:2, Funny)
Macguyver envy? (Score:4, Funny)
That being said i'll bet Richard Dean Anderson's ex-mullet is turning in his grave.
don't knock the idea... (Score:5, Funny)
I also have a vision... (Score:0, Funny)
Duct Tape (Score:4, Funny)
I can't remember who said that but man is it funny.
-Skrud
while being quite geeky... (Score:5, Funny)
I think he'll do better if (Score:5, Funny)
If you can't duck it, f..k it.
Duct tape --- of course! (Score:3, Funny)
I sat down for a while and contemplated how I might make up an adapter flange to join the old ducting (4 inch diameter) to the new dryer (3.5" diameter).
After several hours walking around the workshop checking to see if I had enough metal and gas to weld up a flange, I spied the obvious -- my roll of duct tape.
Suffice to say that's the first (and it'll probably be the last) time I've ever used duct tape for taping up ducting.
Most of the time I use it to hold the gaping wounds together so they don't bleed to bad after a day in teh workshop. (Why are so many tools so sharp?
Well, it does make a great condom (Score:1, Funny)
Duct tape admiration. (Score:2, Funny)
They forgot, however, to include in the instruction manual that it should NOT be used in conjunction with transmission fluid. You need the optional "baling wire add-on kit" to pull that off.
If the women don't find you handsome, (Score:5, Funny)
*GRIN*
Now all we need is some miniature plastic sheeting (Score:5, Funny)
-a
for thos unexpected biological attacks.. (Score:4, Funny)
As a handyman, you only need two tools. (Score:5, Funny)
If it does move, but it shouldn't, you use the duct tape. If it doesn't move, but it should, you use the WD-40.
What's this guy going to come up with next, a miniature spray can of WD-40?
It ain't broke... (Score:2, Funny)
Sorry!
not (intentionally) to be cynical (Score:3, Funny)
I thought they just eat some donuts, laugh with eachother how stupid it is (if they actually read it, anyway), stamp approval, and collect the application fee?
for fuck's sakes man, just bring some bandaids if you need tape - at least you can use them on yourself, aside from posting presentations on the wall.
urgh. products designed by sales people. sigh...
Re:Wait a minute. (Score:5, Funny)
This is a pretty interesting story (what geek doesn't splooge for duct tape?)
This is new news... I haven't even read it before
The summary was pretty well written without typos
People seem to be reading the article before posting... i'ts just another day at slashdot
wait...
Why great for men? (Score:1, Funny)
when your bi*** is talking so much, you just take the duct tape out of your pocket and close her mouth!
use it at night coz you know she snores!!
ok,I got to go ; wife wants me to mow the lawn.Great female contraceptive device! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:I think he'll do better if (Score:3, Funny)
My high school sex-ed class got strictly and specifically lectured that WD-40 was never to be used as a sexual lubricant unless we really really wanted to court chemical burns in places that would be really fun to explain in the emergency room.
Useful things for the interstellar hitchhiker (Score:3, Funny)
Re:while being quite geeky... (Score:5, Funny)
No, but it sounds like you need a new car.
Duct tape can be very useful (Score:5, Funny)
I mean some people, just talk and talk and they can't shut up. It's not like everybody has the time and patience to listen to someone just rumble about something or other of no interest. It's even worse when they start detouring from the subject of the whole thing like some 1950's valvule computer with one too many holes in the punch-card, i mean those things must have been a pain to program and all. Not to mention they were big. And hot. Which reminds me of that time i is was driving my van on the highway and *shraaap* *oooo* *oooo*
When the last condom is gone... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:As a handyman, you only need two tools. (Score:1, Funny)
Well ok, but this might hurt a little...
The difference between Geeks and Swingers... (Score:4, Funny)
I was really, really, really, geeky. (Score:5, Funny)
It was stretchy, self-sealing, could form sterility-preserving seals. It was acid/base/alcohol/corrosive-resistant, we used it to wrap bottletops before placing them in the autoclave, and god knows how hot it got in there. Heck, we used it to seal unfinished beers.
I actually took to carrying around a few sheets of it with me everywhere, and I undoubtedly found uses for them. I took a few sheets with me to summer camp, and on the night of the big bonfire, the bigger (and less geeky) children swooped down upon the field and managed to snag all of the long sticks for marshmallow-toasting. After 20 minutes of scavenging, all I could find were a small pile of 6-inch-ish twigs. Parafilm to the rescue! I bound these twigs together into a trifurcated, flame-resistant monstrosity that noone could argue with. Sadly enough, my popularity was not much improved by this feat.
Already got some, thanbks... (Score:4, Funny)