# Duck tape and plastic?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-tape-and-plastic/155705>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 17, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-tape-and-plastic/155705 "2003-02-17T20:17:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![AvidReader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47774/32.png) [@AvidReader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AvidReader)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-tape-and-plastic/155705/21 "2003-02-18T05:49:20Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Diceman \*  
> \*\*Count me among the people who suspect that someone in the Bush Administration owns stock in 3M. \*\*

Amen, Brother!!! I know you’re being facetious here, but I distrust that philistine so intensely that I could easily be persuaded that there is a modicum of truth to your statement.

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**Author:** ![NBIT33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NBIT33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NBIT33)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-tape-and-plastic/155705/22 "2003-02-18T07:56:13Z")

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I applied plastic and duct tape to my window.

It doesn’t have to be a perfect seal, it just has to be a better seal than the one on your house.

hth,  
NBIT

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