# Enjoy Your Next Flight **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 10, 2002, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoy-your-next-flight/141694 "2002-12-10T02:50:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoy-your-next-flight/141694/1 "2002-12-10T02:50:37Z")
Sorry, just gotta… Like they say, WD-40 and duct tape is all you really need to fix _anything_ 😃 From: [AV Web](http://www.avweb.com/newswire/news0250a.html#2) > [@](#): > > The FAA claims UAL illegally patched up holes in the spoilers on three of its Boeing 757s with tape… > > \ > > Tape repairs are in some cases allowed, but the FAA believes the holes in question were either too large or too close to critical areas on the spoiler. OK, they didn’t actually _say_ it was duct tape… ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoy-your-next-flight/141694/2 "2002-12-10T02:55:03Z")
You should see the tape they use for this. It’s like a piece of sheetmetal with an adhesive backing. I am sure there are worse things that we _don’t_ know about. ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoy-your-next-flight/141694/3 "2002-12-10T03:17:42Z")
[Red Green] Duct Tape, the handyman’s secret weapon. [/Red Green] ---
**Author:** ![d12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71c47a/32.png) [@d12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d12)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoy-your-next-flight/141694/4 "2002-12-10T04:16:30Z")
_bows down to the duct tape_ Anyone else ever think it was called Duck Tape when they were a kid? ---
**Author:** ![alex\_arg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@alex\_arg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alex_arg)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoy-your-next-flight/141694/5 "2002-12-10T04:50:08Z")
Ummm there’s a brand of duct tape down here called “duck tape”, so u probably weren’t that far off. ---
**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoy-your-next-flight/141694/6 "2002-12-10T04:50:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by d12 \* > \*\*_bows down to the duct tape_ > Anyone else ever think it was called Duck Tape when they were a kid? \*\* To make matters worse, there is a brand of duct tape called “Duck Tape” with a cute little yellow rubber duckie on the label. ---
**Author:** ![Blueapple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Blueapple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blueapple)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoy-your-next-flight/141694/7 "2002-12-10T04:57:23Z")
Don’t most people pronounce it ‘duck tape’? Or do I just hear the _t_ in _duct_ run together with the _t_ in _tape_? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoy-your-next-flight/141694/8 "2002-12-10T06:39:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Blueapple \* > **Don’t most people pronounce it ‘duck tape’?** NO, **Blueapple** , just you… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoy-your-next-flight/141694/9 "2002-12-10T06:42:39Z")
I thought it was duck tape for a long time, until I went into someones basement and it was all over the … ducts. Never seen it on a duck though. ---
**Author:** ![iconoplast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3d9bf3/32.png) [@iconoplast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iconoplast)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoy-your-next-flight/141694/10 "2002-12-10T10:58:38Z")
I have seen it on a duck. When I was in elementary school, a classroom down the hall hatched and raised a baby duck. It became very attached to the teacher, as it was the only duck that made it out. (Lonely little guy.) He (the duck) would get very upset when the teacher would leave, and the janitors would get very upset when the teacher would take the duck with him. As a compromise, the teacher challenged his students to design a “duck diaper” so the duck could safely run around the school. The winning design was a harness made of folded of duct tape, with an area at the back to attach cardboard, which could be changed when full. The duck was very happy to be able to follow people around, and ended up being the nicest bird I’ve ever known.