The Watford Observer in England included this useful bit of information in an article about the abduction and murder of a local man. The paper detailed the killer’s plan, including the contents of something they called a “kidnap” kit. The kidnappers laptop bag included knives, gaffers tape, scalpels and face masks. Here is a link […]
Alicia Lyons, a day care worker in Kentucky has solved the problem of unruly children who don’t want to settle down at nap time. She duct tapes them to their floor mats! Lyons, along with a co-worker, taped at least one child, an 18 month old, to the floor to enforce the nap time rules. […]
A Pennsylvania judge, Tommy Creany, ordered that a defendant in his court room have has mouth duct taped to stop outbursts during jury selection. The defendant, Erik Britt, was silenced by the judge after repeated attempts by Britt to disrupt the proceedings in the trial of his assault case. You can read the details here. […]
Nick Gallard, the stunt coordinator for the Star Wars movies, is teaching a light saber master class next week in Los Angeles. While, you can bring your own light saber to the class, Gallard warns that the real thing is fragile and recommends that you consider using a piece of bamboo wrapped in gaffers tape […]
Apparently, you just thought you got an eyeful of Teri Hatcher in the third episode of “Desperate Housewives“. According to Hatcher, who recounted details of the shoot to the Winnipeg Free Press, her introduction to the cast and crew involved some strategically placed gaffers tape before completion of her “naked in the bushes” scene. You can […]
Robin Wilson-Owen has found a way to use masking tape to make dolls in the image of her friends and family members. This newest take on the classic voodoo doll is personalized uses masking tape to create a doll framework that is then covered with tissue paper to give a smooth finish. No word yet […]
In an attempt to bring tape science to the beach, Tim Clark of Melbourne, Australia has developed a gaffers tape “mankini”. The one piece bathing suit is constructed of a tape product that is supposed to be waterproof. We have no interest whatever in following up on the results of this test. If you want […]
When two twelve year old girls from Illinois found out that a friend was planning a mission trip to Ethopia, they started a fund raising campaign by making a selling duct tape bracelets. To date the pair have raised $450 and the orders continue to roll in. Funds raised by these two motivated tweens will […]
Today’s caucuses in Iowa have a new last minute candidate. Protesters from Occupy Iowa showed up over the weekend at Democratic headquarters, demanding an udience with the chairperson of the Democratic National Committee. When hotel security called the police to have the intruders removed from the premises, the protesters covered their mouths with gaffers tape […]