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What is the strangest use you have found for duct tape?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    For a fan belt on my car. It lasted from the middle of no were to the nearest town. About 15 mile. lucky me

  • Sami V
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Hi smilesfromred, you may believe it or not. I came across a TV ad in which a lady sitting in her office wanted to polish her front teeth, maybe after lunch, and all of a sudden she just picked up a piece of tape, stuck it on her front teeth and pulled it out! Poor thing, it was so sticky that she only worsened her situation. Then came the savior - a certain brand of chewing gum! She picked up a strip, put it on her mouth, chewed it for a while and there appears a row of shiny white teeth! What a magic! What an idea for an ad!

    Of course, there must be other strange uses for the duct tape such as when you find the sole of your sandal is falling apart suddenly on the road. You can get into the nearest convenient store, get a duct tape and use it to mend (first aid) the damaged sandal!

    By the way, the suggestions of The Grand Inquisitor sound great, strange,sexy and pretty amazing! I wonder if it would be rather painful to use it on the delicate and such a smooth part of your body - your boobs or even waist - especially when you have to peel off the tape after a while!

    Anyway, as someone said, 'spare the duct tape, spoil the job'!

    Cheers!

  • 1 decade ago

    I haven't personally done but a friend used duct tape to make a prom dress.

  • 1 decade ago

    Probably when the Space Shuttle folks used duct tape to fix the shuttle before returning to earth. :-) More weird fixes using duct tape listed at the following link:

    http://international.3m.com/intl/CA/english/centre...

    -Leon S

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  • 1 decade ago

    A pair of teens wore outfits made totally of duct tape to their prom!

  • 1 decade ago

    I saw on TV once a girl made her entire prom dress out of duct tape. I believe it was on MTV's Made.

  • 1 decade ago

    my grandpa has duct tape all over his overalls- instead of just buying new ones, he tapes his up.

    me, i'll use duct tape for anything and everything. if it can't be fixed with duct tape, it's not worth keeping!!

  • 1 decade ago

    Taping the lock on the bedroom door shut. People try to unlock the door while it's locked you just need a pencil.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Ha funny you asked...currently have speakers all duct taped up..puppy chewed through wires:(

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    To patch a Pipe at Test Depth on a Submarine to keep everyone from dying.

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