Sporting a look heretofore known only to broke college students, presidential candidate Jeb Bush appeared at a New Hampshire rally on Sunday with his shoe sole (black) held together with a piece of grey gaffers tape. It is easy to see how this sad image could be a metaphor for the impending end of Bush’s […]
Chicago residents, frustrated with the slow progress in getting leaking fire hydrants repaired in their neighborhoods, have taken on the repairs themselves. In an attempt to stop, or at least slow, water leaking from malfunctioning hydrants, are wrapping them with duct tape. Click here to learn more about this story. Click here to buy RED […]
There has been an urban legend for years that applying duct tape to a wart will cause it to gradually dry up and fall off. We have no idea if there is any truth to this or not. We do know that a common practice among dermatologists is to “freeze” warts to remove them by […]
Rihanna chose to take the low road, accessorizing her blinding gold blazer outfit with……drum roll….. DUCT TAPE. Sporting a roll of duct tape like a two pound bracelet, at one point she tore off a strip and used it to tape shut the mouth of Floyd “Money” Mayweather. If I was Mayweather I would have […]
This weekend, June 19-21, will see the 12th year of the Duct Tape Festival in Avon Ohio. This festival, which celebrates “all things duct tape” will feature a parade, music, magic and duct tape fashion. The festival is sponsored by the Duck brand of duct tape and admission is free. Click here for the official […]
A suspicious looking device taped to an overpass railing on Atlanta’s Downtown Connector caused police to close the highway for two hours while the bomb squad detonated the device. No one was sure what was taped to the bridge, but drivers caught in an hours-long traffic tie up spent the afternoon clogging alternate routes through […]
After being found guilty of harassing her neighbors (including making 999 harassment phone calls) British model Tanya Pascolini was ordered to not speak to any of her neighbors for a period of five years. Pascolini’s response was that she thought it all but impossible to go five years without speaking to her neighbors unless she […]
A recent article in the New York Times speculates that the original name for the transparent tape we call Scotch tape, was originally intended as a slur, since in the 1920’s “Scotch” was used as a synonym for “cheap”. The term was apparently applied by a painter who found that the tape didn’t have enough […]
Avon, Ohio will again host the nation’s premier duct tape festival, with events kicking off on June 13. There will be concerts, a parade, celebrity appearances and contests galore. Many attendees favorite event is the Saturday parade. This year more than a dozen local groups have crafted floats featuring duct tape. You can read more […]
A McDonalds’ diner in Mumbai, India was more than a little surprised to discover a roll of adhesive tape in the salad that she ordered from the fast food chain. Mcdonald’s assured the customer that she had responded “yes” when the counter clerk asked her “would you like tape with that?” Here’s a link to […]