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10 comments to "Close Shaves in History"
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Cedar
October 19th, 2007 at
6:54 am
Love that duct tape! The two most important items in any tool kit — DT and WD40. If it moves and isn’t supposed to, use the DT; if it doesn’t move and is supposed to, use the WD40. Too bad DT is no good on ducts.
And a joke I made up as a small child (forgive me, but I still think it’s funny): Why do they call it duck tape? Because it quacks when you pull it off the roll!
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Ashton
October 19th, 2007 at
5:59 pm
> Too bad DT is no good on ducts.
Wrong.
Regular duct tape (grey tape) works just fine on cold air return ducts. However, if it is on a duct that carries warm air, it will dry out over time. Warm air ducts require a different kind of duct tape (silver tape) that is like sticky aluminum foil. They are both duct tapes though.
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Charles Kiddell
October 19th, 2007 at
7:39 pm
Just an aside. Duct Tape? you mean Duck Tape. Yes some people misheard it and called it Duck Tape. Silly because it is meant for Ducts. Or is it? Did Duct Tape start out for use on ducts and then find other uses?
Nope. It was originally used in WW II for sealing ammunition cases and was called DUCK tape. Like water of a duck’s back: waterproof.
You can probably find this somewhere on the web.
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Steven Refta
October 19th, 2007 at
8:18 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape#Etymology
There you go.
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Supermanred
October 19th, 2007 at
8:25 pm
It’s also great for that last minute impromptu hostage taking or to secure dead bodies so their arms and legs don’t fly around while you are dumping them in the river.
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Tom Ritchford
October 20th, 2007 at
2:08 am
I’ve heard the “duck tape” origin claim many times but have been very suspicious as no one ever produced sources. The Wikipedia is also suspicious: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape. Beware!
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Lasse
October 20th, 2007 at
2:39 pm
There should be a statue of Petrov in front of the UN building.
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dohboy
October 21st, 2007 at
12:58 am
too bad you can’t use it on ducks.
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Darksider
November 16th, 2007 at
10:58 am
Is it suppose to be “close saves” not “close shaves”?
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Alex
November 16th, 2007 at
11:26 am
A close shave is an informal term for a narrow escape or a close call. Thanks Darksider!
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