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Duct Tape Used in Protest Megan Greco, 19, sits with her mouth taped shut during a silent protest Thursday, March 16, 2000, at Providence College in Providence, R.I. About 50 students gathered to protest what they called a violation of free speech involving an abortion-rights flier that used the image of the Virgin Mary, which brough about the suspension of three students from the college. (AP Photo/Victoria Arocho) Duct Tape Removes Killer Bee Stingers A woman who survived an attack by a swarm of killer bees says she thought she was going to die. Toha Bergerub, 77, was stung more than 500 times after she swatted a bee that got caught in her wig. She was only rescued when paramedics near her Las Vegas home threw water over her to scare the bees away. Toha says: "I felt pain, real pain, there was too much. But no one could help me. No one could do anything. "The cars went by but no one stopped. They were afraid of the bees." Hospital personnel used tweezers and duct tape to pull the stingers from her body. - source: ananova Duct Tape Paint Job Duct Tape Helps California Energy Crisis Click here for a top ten list of how The Duct Tape Guys suggest helping the energy crisis in California using duct tape. Then, click here to see how California is "dissing" duct tape. Duct Tape Doll Duct Tape Ribbon Cutting When it came time for The University of Michigan College of Engineering to dedicate a new building for student design projects, Duct Tape was the obvious choice for the ribbon cutting ceremony. "There are some things that all engineers hold dear, and one of these things is duct tape," said Dean Stephen Director (third from left) as he snipped the ceremonial tape. The sturdy silver stuff is an essential ingredient for the solar-powered car, human-powered helicopter, and mini-formula race car that students will be working on in the new Walter E. Wilson Student Team Project Center. --- submitted by: Karl Leif Bates, Engineering College Relations, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Cosmopolitan Magazine Recommends Duct Tape The September, 1999 issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine recommends using duct tape if you can't wear a bra with your outfit. They also demonstrated this in October on Oprah! - Jim and Tim wonder why they weren’t called into assist. By the way... This is a hint that appeared in the first Duct Tape Book, and again in Duct Tape Book TwoReal Stories with an unsolicited testimonial from the Miss American Beauty Queen Pageant Director testifying to the same use. (No, this story does not go with the photo on the left, although George did say that he never felt that kind of support before.) Ever feel like doing this to your principal? This guy was obviously copying Jim’s grade school stunt (click here).
It is obvious that education would be nowhere without duct tape in the curriculum. (By the way, get your Duct Tape Guy’s Creative Thinking Curriculum by clicking here.) YOU ATTEMPT the DUCT TAPE WALLTAPING STUNT, READ THE WARNINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS! CLICK HERE!
It all started in 1996 when a Neshannock coed gave a friend a 365 Days of Duct Tape Calendar for Christmas (great idea). On March 5th, the friend handed her a roll of duct tape and the calendar page proclaiming it was "National Share Duct Tape with a Friend Day." The delighted recipient ripped off a strip of the duct tape and wrapped it around her friend’s arm. "It started as a joke," reports Dawn. "Soon the whole school was doing it. It’s kind of a cheesy heartwarming experience, that has now become a tradition at the school." LEFT: On the lunar surface in December 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan needed to repair one of their lunar rover's fenders in an effort to keep the "rooster tails" of dust away from themselves and their gear. This picture reveals the wheel and fender of their dust covered rover along with the ingenious application of spare maps, clamps, and grey strip of "duct tape". Duct Tape Knows No Rival - Even in Space Other astronauts agree. In 1997, Jerry Linenger spent 132 days aboard the Mir (meer) space station ...during which he and his fellow cosmonauts faced numerous life-threatening events, including systems failures and collisions. Linenger says duct tape was used on Mir for repairs as well as for gravity defiance. He has said that his Russian counterpart told him - "The best thing you ever brought on board was duct tape." You can also witness Duct Tape saving the day in the Apollo 13 movie where it was used to convert a CO2 filter from the command module to the LEM - which prevented the astronauts from dying from their own exhalation during their journey home. Minnesota’s Governor Pumps Up The Duct Tape Guys’ Hopes of a Presidential Bid The DUCT TAPE GUYS Come Up With the Solution for Y2K Computer Problem! (originally posted 10.01.99) Can Duct Tape fix the Y2K problem? "No problem!" say Jim and Tim, the Duct Tape Guys. "Simply Duct Tape over your monitor and you won’t be bothered by anything that appears on the computer screen." While Jim and Tim don’t claim to know anything about computers, they claim that this Y2K solution should work. Click here to read Jim and Tim’s Predictions for the 21st Century. Duct Tape Frames Virgin Image A US apartment complex has become a shrine after the Virgin of Guadalupe apparently revealed herself in a stain of melted ice cream. Hundreds of onlookers from all over America have made their way to the stain in Houston, Texas, armed with rosaries and cameras, believing the image is that of their Mexican idol. To preserve the image, which is fast disintegrating, a sheet of glass has been placed over it and a makeshift frame made using duct tape. -source: ananova DUCT TAPE GUYS Duct Tape Ribbon Cutting When it came time for The University of Michigan College of Engineering to dedicate a new building for student design projects, Duct Tape was the obvious choice for the ribbon cutting ceremony. "There are some things that all engineers hold dear, and one of these things is duct tape," said Dean Stephen Director (third from left) as he snipped the ceremonial tape. The sturdy silver stuff is an essential ingredient for the solar-powered car, human-powered helicopter, and mini-formula race car that students will be working on in the new Walter E. Wilson Student Team Project Center. --- submitted by: Karl Leif Bates, Engineering College Relations, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Vandalism Prevention on a Roll How DUCT TAPE Can Restore the Clinton Presidency
The DUCT TAPE GUYS Become the Fifth Spice Girl! Jim and Tim, the Duct Tape Guys just announced that they will replace Ginger Spice who left the group in May. The guys will be known as Duct Spice. They are shown here with (from left to right) Sporty, Baby, Scary, and Posh. Duct Tape No Good On Ducts So states Max Sherman of the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in California. The laboratory conducted test of duct tape and other duct sealants such as aerosol sealants and foil tape, and duct tape held up the worst to alternating hot and cold air. Eventually the duct tape leaked about 10% of the airflow through its ducts. When asked to comment on this report, Jim and Tim, the Duct Tape Guys, responded, "We never used duct tape on duct work. We hear that it’s been done...but no, we never used it on ducts." Jim continued, "If it’s not any good on duct work, I suppose it’s a good thing we published three (now six, 2004) books of other uses for duct tape then." The report appeared in the July 27th issue of USA Today. We contacted the Lab responsible for this test with the following comment: "Your study was flawed for two reasons: How much duct tape did you use? And, what KIND of Duct Tape did you use? Remember - spoil the duct tape and spoil the job." You can read a related article by clicking here. and get the updated information by clicking here. Watch this space for more Duct Tape Headlines.Go back to the Duct Tape on the Web |
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