# Duct-Tape **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 24, 2001, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duct-tape/95044 "2001-11-24T18:14:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duct-tape/95044/21 "2001-11-25T12:21:07Z")
- - - I have decided for Christmas this year I want a duct-tape _gun_: something basically gun-shaped, with a big roll of duct tape on top. When I pull the trigger, the duct tape goes “ZZzzzzZZzzzzZZZZZzZZZZZZZzzzZZZZzzZZZZZZzzzZZZZZZzzZZZZZZZzZZZZZZZZzz” and sticks all over whoever I aimed it at. It’d shoot too fast to avoid, but slow enough for me to see the look on their face as the tape speeds towards it. Kind of a manlier version of Spider-Man’s web stuff. -They curse at me and start peeling, whilst I make my getaway. - DougC ~ (-I know the military has made guns that shoot goopy stuff, but I just like the idea of instantly covering someone with duct tape better…) ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duct-tape/95044/22 "2001-11-25T14:26:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DougC \* > \*\*- - - I have decided for Christmas this year I want a duct-tape _gun_: something basically gun-shaped, with a big roll of duct tape on top. When I pull the trigger, the duct tape goes “ZZzzzzZZzzzzZZZZZzZZZZZZZzzzZZZZzzZZZZZZzzzZZZZZZzzZZZZZZZzZZZZZZZZzz” and sticks all over whoever I aimed it at. It’d shoot too fast to avoid, but slow enough for me to see the look on their face as the tape speeds towards it. > Kind of a manlier version of Spider-Man’s web stuff. > -They curse at me and start peeling, whilst I make my getaway. - DougC > ~ > (-I know the military has made guns that shoot goopy stuff, but I just like the idea of instantly covering someone with duct tape better…) \*\* I believe it was the geneva conventions that outlaw all weapons of that destructive power. Could you imagine getting out of a coccon of duct tape? ---
**Author:** ![Seraphim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Seraphim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seraphim)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duct-tape/95044/23 "2001-11-25T15:50:46Z")
And for one of life’s greatest ironies, duct tape seems to be good for everything except [taping ducts.](http://ducts.lbl.gov/ducttape/) ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duct-tape/95044/24 "2001-11-26T17:00:01Z")
My dad once used duct tape on duct! To add to **Enola** ’s list: Baling wire–for things too hot for duct tape. ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duct-tape/95044/25 "2001-11-26T19:54:26Z")
**Gunslinger** beat me to it! Complete auto repair kit: Duct tape, WD-40, Baling wire. ---
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duct-tape/95044/26 "2001-11-26T20:51:27Z")
I just read an article that says that duct tape can be used as fletching for arrows.I’ve been looking for a way to make crossbow bolts. The stuff is amazing. No you can’t felch an arrow. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duct-tape/95044/27 "2001-11-26T20:52:47Z")
It’s every woman’s dream for clevage enhancement. You can either use it to pad with or to pull the twins closer together. Why Cosmo’s not clued in is simply beyond comprehension. Makes a fine quicker picker-upper for navel lint too. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duct-tape/95044/28 "2001-11-26T21:11:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ferrous \* > \*\ ***Gunslinger** beat me to it! > Complete auto repair kit: Duct tape, WD-40, Baling wire. \*\* sorry guys! the REAL PROS repair kit is as follows: Duct Tape Tri-Flow (kicks the shit out of WD40) Bailing wire Zip Ties Big 'Ole Hammer now you know! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duct-tape/95044/29 "2001-11-27T02:08:34Z")
there’s even “environmentally sensitice” duct tape called “Perma-cell” for use in historic buildings. It won’t leave residue behind (Perma? WTF?), and won’t tear up plaster and finishes, in theory. It still did, though, and that’s ok. Because in my mind, if it didn’t, it wouldn’t be real duct tape. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_The\_Bold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dale\_The\_Bold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_The_Bold)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duct-tape/95044/30 "2001-11-27T05:22:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*It’s every woman’s dream for clevage enhancement. \*\* I’m just picturing someone reaching for her drink when the tape pops off the breast in a surprise attack. [wanders off to picture that some more] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duct-tape/95044.md?page=1)