Nonetheless, dozens of Web sites (Ducttapeclub.com; Ducttapefashion.com), books and even a calendar ("365 Days of Duct Tape Page-A-Day Calendar 2003,") now celebrate the usefulness and even the humor of duct tape.
"[This material is] culled from numerous recording sessions under dim green light," the description on the tape page reads, "[into] more extended formations of synth, tapes, microphones.
On its increasingly battered and taped pages I noted down locations I wanted to use in a short story or a novel, snatches of overheard conversations – "Now I know why they call it Dumbo – 'cos you'd have to be a fucking idiot to live there" – and graffiti such as "Re-defeat Bush".
For ribbon longer than a standard sheet of paper, tape multiple pages together to create a long banner you can feed through your printer.
At the office meeting here last Tuesday, they had to tape extra pages onto the bottom of our board where we show activity for the month.
Tape the pages of your book together.
Staples, tape, torn pages, etc. need to be removed or repaired before making copies.
Mr. Goodell, speaking at his annual state of the league address before Super Bowl XLII, defended his decision to destroy six tapes and pages of notes taken from the Patriots after they were caught videotaping the defensive signals of Jets coaches during the first game of the season.
In the event that I may have overlooked it, my best friend generously taped the page to my front door.
(Make sure you check out our Liddy Brand Anti-Varmint Tapes, on page 26. Just slap 'em in the machine, crank up the volume, and watch pestilence scram).
