# Coolest thing ever.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-thing-ever/200573
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [September 9, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-thing-ever/200573 "2003-09-09T17:46:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-thing-ever/200573/1 "2003-09-09T17:46:01Z")
Make your own [Duct Tape wallet!](http://www.3m.com/intl/CA/english/centres/home_leisure/duct_tape/dt_wallet.html)
The instructions even include the final handy hint:
> [@](#):
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> Now, fill it with cash and credit cards and stick it in your pocket.
My friends and relatives are gonna be so pleased when they unwrap the gifts I send 'em this Christmas.
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### Author:  [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-thing-ever/200573/2 "2003-09-09T17:50:58Z")
Boy are we all going to save some money on Christmas presents! 😃
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### Author:  [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-thing-ever/200573/3 "2003-09-09T18:14:57Z")
Man, those instructions are too complicated for me. Can’t I just wrap duct tape around my money and tape it to my pocket?
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### Author:  [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-thing-ever/200573/4 "2003-09-09T22:25:42Z")
Oh, that’s so cool!
Finally, a bit of marketing that’s fun and useful. 🙂
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### Author:  [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-thing-ever/200573/5 "2003-09-09T22:43:09Z")
Oh.
and I thought this was going to a thread about my new propeller beanie
☹
But, hey! It’s duct tape! 🙂 Does it echo?
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### Author:  [@Delly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delly)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-thing-ever/200573/6 "2003-09-09T22:45:27Z")
Encinitas, Give the people the instructions a long with a roll of duct tape… they get a nifty puzzle for christmas!!!
😛
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### Author:  [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-thing-ever/200573/7 "2003-09-09T23:19:53Z")
There was a guy selling these in a booth at Bumbershoot here in Seattle. There was an article, too; let me go look…
[Here it is](http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001676404_bumbershoot30.html), halfway down. The guy has a [website](http://www.ductbills.com/), too, but it’s currently under construction. [Design selections here](http://www.saturdaymarket.org/EStore%20at%20Portland%20Saturday%20Market/Crafts%20that%20Defy!/Ductbills/Duct%20Bill%20Wallets.htm), from which I conclude the marketing angle is, “Buy something that looks lame but that is actually cool!” 😉
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### Author:  [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2003, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-thing-ever/200573/8 "2003-09-10T00:37:14Z")
I know someone who not only made duct tape wallets, she made a freakin tote bag!
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### Author:  [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-thing-ever/200573/9 "2003-09-10T00:45:22Z")
This would go well with my buddy’s duct-tape shirt and pants…
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### Author:  [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-thing-ever/200573/10 "2003-09-10T01:05:04Z")
A friend of mine made a back pack entirely out of duct tape when hers broke.