Foxnews.com reports that a Ryanair flight with 200 passengers aboard and headed from England to Latvia, was forced to return to Stansted airport in Britain after after gaffers tape that a Ryanair crew used to seal the plane’s windshield failed in flight. Ryanair claimed that the tape was used as an extra precaution to hold […]
Now way, could we ignore this posting. Cordova High School volley ball coach Stephen Nicols felt like his players weren’t playing close enough attention during practice, so he forced them to duct tape their mouths closed. The Memphis, TN school tried to sweep the incident under the rug, but parents would not drop the matter. […]
Robbers in Japan pulled off the country’s biggest robbery ever, nabbing $7.5 million dollars. How did they do it. Tied the guard up with tape, of course! Here’s a link to the story. You don’t have to be a criminal to need tape. Thetapeworks.com is your online source for duct tape, gaffers tape, safety tape and more. […]
Cloning is not quite perfected, but this is the next best thing. Click here to learn how to make a packing tape sculpture of yourself. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit to stick”. Send us your interesting tape news and we’ll share it with the world! Thetapeworks.com.
The Children’s Museum of Houston is sponsoring a Duct Tape Jam from Sept. 29 to Oct. 5. Kids will have opportunities to make both linear rt and crafts items during the five day event. In describing the event, the promotional material refers to lowly duct tape as an “extraordinary invention”. The museum is located at […]
Johnson Controls, along with industrial supply distributor Fastenal, is experimenting with vending machines that dispense construction supplies like safety gloves, goggles and duct tape. The machines, at a Johnson Controls location in Hattiesburg, MS can be accessed by employees using an ID card and they allow the company to keep track of supply consumption through […]
Okay, we’ll have to grudgingly give these guys some credit. The makers of a new tape product with extremely aggressive adhesive have christened the product “Sticky Ass Tape“. The picture on the label is a bucking donkey (ass?) and the product is advertised to bond to metal, wood and more. Unlike most tape distributors web […]
We love duct tape, but that’s not the sort of love that tape was shown at the U.S. Open tennis tournament. BBC blogger Jonathan Overend nominated an attempt to repair a soggy court with duct tape as “The worst moment of the tournament”. Tournament officials used towels, their feet, and finally duct tape in an […]
The Vans Tudor Duct Tape Invitational surfing competition is set to kick off tomorrow in Malibu. If you know why this is called the Duct Tape Invitational, please let us know. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit to stick”. Send us your interesting tape news and we’ll share it with the […]
Sebastian Vettel’s million dollar McLaren race car had to count on lowly gaffers tape in order to take the pole in this years’ Belgian Grand Prix. Vettel collided with Pastor Maldonado of the Williams Team during one qualifying session and needed tape to bandage the front wing of his car in order to complete qualifying. […]