Also: Tired of your annoying neighbor yelling at you because your dog chewed his new cashmere sweater? Teach your neighbor a lesson by duct taping him to the roof of your car. Drive at blazing speeds speaking in gibberish through a megaphone until he begs for mercy. If you are lucky, he will also give you the sweater.

This hint has not been endorsed by us, or anyone that we know. Sounds like fun, though! --- Jim and Tim

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During a Christmas party held by my employer, my husband and I and three other friends decided to make my boss a special something out of duct tape. My husband had to run to the store during the party to buy the duct tape, he even found some in red, black shiney silver. We had a beer bottle that we covered with duct tape and with a little imagination using straws, parts of plastic cups and napkins, we created a Santa. As we presented this to my boss the "santa" started to leak, my husband had wrapped his own bottle of beer and had forgotten it was not empty! Sorry we don't have a picture but the boss loved it. --- Karen Daschner

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Here is one use my son, Mike (17), used for duct tape. I had tulips growing in the backyard, he accidently stepped on one, he quickly came into the house and got the duct tape and taped the flower back onto its stem. It really was a nice thought, unfortunately the flower died anyway. --- Karen Daschner

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Our then five year old daughter, Megan, was learning to roller skate. The skates had velcro straps, they would not stay together. So we duct taped the skates to her feet. She finally learned how to roller skate. The skates stayed on her feet. --- DDDaschner

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Our (3) pet rabbits outgrew their hutch and now live under our deck. This winter when it froze (rarely) so did the rabbit's water bottle. I took the bottle out of the hutch hanger and duct taped it to the sliding glass door. The heat from inside the house kept the water from freezing and the rabbits were able to drink from it until the temperature rose again. --- Brian H. Head

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See the Duct Tape Guys share their hints... click the ticket stub on the left.

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BBoop1259@... writes: One morning while getting dressed I noticed that the wire poked through the material on my underwire bra. It wasn't too comfortable that way so my husband said, "DUCT Tape THE END." It worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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While on the way home from a very long trip in my groovin' '72 Beetle, I noticed some very nasty sounds coming from my backwards engine. Upon further examination when I pulled off the road, I soon realized that my air coolant hose had ruptured! Since we all know that fine German engineering allows only for air cooling of the engine in old beetles,
you can understand why I had a dillema on my hands. In my despair, I turned and noticed a slight metallic glint in my backseat. And behold, it was my salvation! But alas, the metallic glint was not only a roll of precious duct tape, but a gag-gift Slinky I had recieved from a friend just days before. So, in just 15 minutes, I rebuilt the air hose by stretching out the slinky slightly, and wrapping duct tape around the rings. ITWAS A PERFECT FIT!! And although I must admit I had my doubts whether or not it would hold the forty miles I still had to get home, it held beautifully. As a matter of fact, I so so impressed with its performance, I didn't bother fixing it for another two days of driving to and from work. I will never doubt duct tape again. This sealed my affection. --- Patrick Walters

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Avid ice fishermen can fish all year long by building a wooden frame out of 2x4s (size to be determined by user), then cover it with overlapping strips of duct tape. Cut a hole (8" or 10" work best) in the center, and you're ready to set your tip-up. Also, my dad had a 1967 Cadillac convertible that had the whole top covered in duct tape. It was both attractive and functional, not to mention much cheaper than a new top.--- Barry Vogel

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i had a 86 special edition camaro. i cracked up the front end leaving the radiator support looking like this ^ and the radiator looking like this ). in order to fit a new radiator in i had to rip out the old support and make one out of heat proof Duct Tape! it passed two inspections since and is holding fine.--- gregg colman manchester NH

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I've got a pair of Advent Speakers manufactured in 1974. Recently the light rubber moulding that holds and centers the bass speakers disintegrated. Replacement speakers would be about $1000. So I took duct tape and piece by piece replaced the moulding. The duct tape is flexible and the sound quality is as good as ever!! --- Mike Cecile, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Before I was married, I had a pair of hunting pants that the crotch ripped out of. Since I didn't have a wife to sew them I figured that I could do it. Well, every time I lifted my leg to get in the truck, the thread would rip out. Let me think, what else could I possibly use, hmmm...... Duct Tape! I am married now and still wearing my duct-taped-crotch pants, much to my wife's disliking,...and my washing machine's disliking. But hey, they are 'lucky'! "If you can't fix it, duck it!" --- Brian Jarrett of Erie, Pennsylvania

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When I was a kid, there was an especially hot week in summer. Too hot to do anything outside except swim. I made a pool out of four lawn chairs, some 2X6 boards, a role of black landscaping plastic. The whole thing was held together with the most useful tool of all, duct tape. My brother and I spent those hot summer days relaxing and playing in our pool. The pool was about 10'X15', and was 3' deep. Very large for a couple of little kids, and a whole lot cheeper than a store bought pool. --- Thomas Dryden Jr.

We have a neighbor that made almost the identical contraption for his beer cooler. --- Jim and Tim

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My daughter was always asking me for new school folders. So one day I asked her why so many folders, she replied, "because they keep riping and tearing. My papers keep falling out. So I got an idea, and told her to try using Duct Tape to reinforce the folder. She taped all the edges of the folder and tried it. Well to make it short, IT WORKED. She was able to use the same folder for each class for almost the whole year. --- Bobbi Lulinski

Now if you could have her apply duct tape to her brain, she might retain what she is learning in school. --- Jim and Tim

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Yes I have used duct tape on a cow. In July of 1998 I brought a heifer home from a local dairy show. My mother and I were going to put a fly repellant eartag in the heifers ear. Since we did not have a chute to lock the heifers head in we just tied her low. When I went to clamp the tag on her ear she jerked her head up and the razor sharp tag end slice the ear completely to the end from the middle of her ear. The 600 lb calf had an ear bleeding and wasn't to happy. We scratched our heads we had a few ideas but none of them were going to work. So then my father came out with a roll of duct tape. We taped the ear together and left it on for 2 months. When the tape came off the ear had majically healed. The cheap $2 roll of tape saved us a much more expensive veterinarian bill. --- Shane Stevenson

Thanks Shane. To see another form of Cow Taping, click here.

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If you’re somewhere and you get mustard on your tie cover it or make one out of duct tape. Just lay out the "fat" section of the tie by one layer face down on top of another. then cut to a point. The fold another piece in half for the "thin " section of the tie and tape. Tie the knot and voila a tie. --- Donald Lyman

And, remember, duct tape comes in a wide variety of colors now (as well as camouflage), so you can make your duct tape tie tie in with whatever the occasion is casual, formal, or even formal hunting.

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My neighbor's kid was learning to ride his bike and his feet kept slipping off of the pedals. You figure out the rest; yup, he duct tapped his feet to the pedals.--- Randy Stauffer

And, a reminder from the Duct Tape Guys that duct tape also makes great abrasion pads, bandaging material, and splint holder when your kid falls off his bike with his geet taped to the pedals.

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Another great use for duct tape: to silence presidents and politicians (sure they can't eat drink or smoke, but that's ok, they don't inhale anyway).--- Daoine Bachran

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Having trouble getting your headphones adjusted properly? Simply Duct Tape your headphones securely in place. Not: Works best if you’re an anti-Rogane activist.

Also: Hey, kids! Did your mom buy you a bunch of ugly pencils? Cover them in Duct Tape. It might make you instantly popular! --- Nathan Clark. Conneautville, PA

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I used duct tape to hold my cat down while I removed stitches. Another time I used it on my cat was to duct tape all his paws so he wouldn't claw me while I was giving him his antibiotics. He wore duct tape mittens, and I must say, they looked rather fetching on him! ---Bratfink@...

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1. Instead of covering the cow with duct tape, just use the tape to spell out "COW" on both sides. This is useful during deer season, assuming that the hunters can read.

2. I once used some duct tape to alter the numbers on a rental aircraft--made a "3" into an "8" so's the legal beagles wouldn't be able to trace me as we carried a load of Mexican booze to a dry county in Texas. Sins of youth!
--- Thanks to Hal Russell (we won't reveal his real name)

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If they had chucked a few rolls of duct tape in the Titanics Toolbox, then maybe it wouldnot have sunk. They could have just leant over the side and covered up that big hole with no worries. That would have saved a lot of people.
remember 'Duct Tape Saves Lives' !!! ---Brett, Coffs Harbour , Australia

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True story - My husband Jack knew that his old pickup truck would not pass our strict Massachusetts inspection laws because the body was badly rusted. The solution: a lot of duct tape, some black spray paint and voila - inspection sticker - no problem. ---Jack & Robyn Risso, Plymouth, MA

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I have found it very useful in the past when I am taking the cat to the vet and he gets free in the car. You sit in your car and wrap duct tape around your legs. Since cats love to rub against legs, the cat will eventually come out of his hiding place and go to your legs. The cats hair will be caught on the duct tape and at that time you need only get out of the car and walk with the cat attached to your leg into the vet's office. --- Sara Scherer, Goose Creek, SC

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This is a true statement by yours truly.
In 1947, I contracted polio and have been confined to a wheelchair ever since.As the months went by, I began to have sore spots on my butt. Since I had to work to make a living, I had to find some way to control the sore spots to be able to stay on the job. I tried different cushions in my wheelchair, and even made a special seat to solve my problem. All this effort was to no avail! Finally, I had an idea. Why not put a small piece of duct tape over the sore spot? Would you believe? That not only protected the sore spots from further irritation, but made it possble for the sore spots to heal, altogether.
Now, for the past 48 years, I have used duct tape to control the problem. If it had not been for duct tape, I don't know what I would have done.
Today, as a precautionary measure, I keep a roll of duct tape by my bed.
You see, I can only apply the duct tape when I am lying down. --- Bob S., Texas

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We wrapped the ends of sweet corn with duct tape so the raccoons couldn't rip open the ears and eat the corn. Thanks to duct tape our whole crop made it to the freezer. --- Robert Westrich

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If you duct tape two .22 caliber rifles together, you end up with a new type of rifle: the DT.44 (Kill two birds with one shot). --- Serge Merier

Be careful, it may kill more than just the two birds! --- Jim and Tim

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When my dad's car got rusty he put duct tape over it and painted it to match the rest of the car. It looked fine but a little wrinkled. --- Nancy Kramer

Ya, dads do get wrinkled after a while - it's part of aging. But you’ll find he is the same guy underneath the wrinkles. --- Jim and Tim

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Personally, I hate duct tape as it allows my hubby to avoid doing chores!
For instance, 3 (THREE) years ago on a 600 mile trip the windshield washer tube (that delivers the blue water to the windshield via the wipers) broke. Now mind you, it is the winter and it is in snowy, muddy, mucky weather. He jumps out and says a few choice words and grabs his EVER PRESENT duct tape from his tool box. He quickly wraps a couple of rounds of duct tape around the wiper and reconnected the tube to the wiper. VIOLA!!! We had clean windows. However, I, in my innocence, thought when we got back home surely he would fix the water thing correctly. Did he? NO - three years later it is still held on with that original piece of duct tape.... Does this stuff always last this long?

Buy him the cheapest brand of duct tape you can find - he will soon become frustrated with it and learn how to fix things the right way. However - be warned - it will be more expensive than just fixing it with duct tape - that means less dinners out, less flowers for his honey, etc. --- Jim and Tim

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Robert Ledger of Alva, FL lives in a double wide manfactured home and was continually bothered by Palmetto Bugs (polite for German cockroaches). When he was getting new carpeting installed, he found that where the two halves of the house were joined, there was a 1/4" space where the bugs were getting in. He sealed then entire forty foot length of the crack with duct tape before the new carpeting was installed and hasn't been bothered by the bugs since.

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My best use of duct tape story concerns my friends Dave and Cindy. Early one morning they had a litter of piglets born. One of the piglets was born with a hole in its side. Dave was on his way out of town for the weekend, and being the realistic farmer type, he was going to just let nature take its course with the pig. Cindy, however, gave him the old "Dave, you've got to do something!" speech. A vet was out of the question, so Dave took his trusty duct tape and wrapped a layer around the pig covering the hole. He figured the pig would die anyway, but at least he had "done something". Away he went for the weekend. He called in the first night and the piglet, by this time named D.T., was still alive, and the second night, and when he got home. The pig grew and they split the tape and he kept on growing. D.T. lived to a ripe old age -for a barnyard feeder pig that is. -- Linda Brown, Hamilton, Ohio That's beautiful! Another life saved with Duct Tape!

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Use Duct Tape as the tenth layer in nine layer dip - it keeps the flies away!

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Quit buying those expensive Biore and Ponds Pore Cleaning Strips! Just press on a strip of duct tape and yant it off. --- Guy Golden from Bonita Springs, FL. Careful, it might remove your entire nose!

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Ev Cherrington of Ames, Iowa reports seeing a guy duct taped to the side of a city bus! Was it so full inside the bus that he had to hitch a ride on the outside? Or is there just that little to do for entertainment in Ames, Iowa? Nope, just another crazy radio stunt from those wacky folks at WHO radio!

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Olive Waltz of North Fort Meyers, FL makes doll houses and dollhouse furniture out of corrogated cardboard covered with duct tape. She also covers 1/2 galon milk cartons with duct tape to make weatherproof birdhouses.

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DJ of WSPK, Beacon, NY says that she uses duct tape to seal around the sides of her window air conditioner. Why stop there, DJ? Duct tape over your entire house and the fine reflective quality of the tape will keep your house cool without the air conditioner.

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During ROTC drill team practice we sometimes would break a rifle we were spining. well, duct tape to the rescue. by the end of the drill season we had the same amount a rifles but only two of them didn't have duct tape on them. But the good part is the tape gives extra grip!!!!!!!!!!

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I got a new dog--a 2 1/2 year old English Mastiff who weighs 212 pounds. She sleeps at the foot of my bed, so I put down an old sleeping bag for her to lie on. The sleeping bag is reversible with one side made of felt. She immediately chewed a hole in the felt and started taking out the stuffing. I patched it with duct tape and zipped it up with the felt side inside, and she has not torn any more holes in it. --- Katherine Wallace, Alva FL

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When I was a shipping manager, I found a novel use for Duct Tape and BubbleWrap.
On truck drivers, employee's or even customers.... Cut a strip of BubbleWrap four inches wide and eight inches long.
Attach to both ends a piece of duct tape.
Find an unattended vehicle, and tape the BubbleWrap onto the TOPSIDE of at least one of the tires.
Stroll away and patiently wait for your INTENDED to drive away.
My initiates have reported the sound they hear in the vehicle is like rapid gunfire, or even worse, the sound of their transmission falling
off its mounting and dragging a few feet before they STOP. They always stop, but often do not find the cause.
Although the adrenaline level always rises, there has never been a disgruntled initiate, once I've shown them the technique. (which is just mainly just sneakiness).
At any rate, this is a practical joke that causes no damage to the INTENDED or their vehicle.
--- Jack Drummond, Law Student and Expiratuer.

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1. We train and manage professional fighters. We use duct tape (instead of the more expensive adhesive tape) to secure the laces on the fighter's gloves and shoes during sparring sessions.
2. My husband uses duct tape to secure the reflective mirrors on the backs of his fish tanks.
3. As a school teacher, I use duct tape instead of the more expensive book binding tape to create hard-bound books for students' writings. To make the book, the pages are stapled down along the left hand side. Two slightly larger (than the paper) pieces of cardboard are placed side by side with just enogh space between them to accomodate the thickness of the pages. Duct tape is used to join the two pieces of cardboard. When turned over, there should be a sticky space between the two cardboard covers. The pages are inserted into the space and are held by the sticky duct tape. To further secure the pages, duct tape is used to secure the first and last pages to the cardboard covers. I then use decorative wallpaper samplers to cover the cardboard using glue, and duct tape to secure the edges. --- Marylynn Canton

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My youth minister at my church had an emergency on the road and lost his bumper. Immediately he went to the duct tape and taped it back on.
I thought that a good use for duct tape would be to roll someones house with it. Wouldn't duct tape be a whole lot more effective than toilet paper? --- Trey Pierce, Mesquite, TX

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My father-in-law's drain pipe from his sink had gotten clogged (2" copper tubing). He cut the pipe, cleared the clog then realized that he had no fitting to rejoin the pipe. It was late in the evening and no stores were open. Grabbing a roll of the gray treasure, he duct taped the pipe together wrapped a piece of corrugated cardboard around the joint for strength then duct taped the cardboard in place. This was just a make-shift repair until he could get to the store for the coupler the
next day. SIX YEARS later, the pipe clogged again - he removed the duct tape (not so temporary) repair, cleared the clog then made the repair permanent with duct tape and corrugated cardboard!! --- Mark Lafferty

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Following are some uses made of precious duct tape on a recent medical/dental mission trip to Bolivia:
1) Duct taped open end of PVC plumbing pipe in sleeping quarters to prevent being overtaken by methane gas. This probably saved the lives of one dentist, one doctor, one pharmacist, and a dental assistant.
2) Duct taped latchless windows in bus we were riding at night, through subfreezing temperatures, in the Andes Mountains. This, in all likelihood, prevented mass hospitalizations for pneumonia and frostbite.
3) We duct taped straw mats to school desks to make dental exam chairs, in a vain attempt to make the patients "as comfortable as possible."

Duct Tape Testimonial: Team leader Glenn was somewhat antagonistic toward duct tape before our trip, but after observing it's wide array of uses and strength capabilities, he has become a true believer in the Sticky Stuff of Socrates.
Duct Tape Quote from Isaak, our trusted English to Spanish to Quechua translator: "May I please have one stick of dook tape, please?" --- Tim Bottenfield (in honor of El Groupo of Quesimpuco, Bolivia)

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OK. So the ASPCA doesn't approve of this use, but who can argue with success?

My friend made good use of his roll of duct tape one night while "dogsitting". The crazy pooch decided to bark away most of the night. After running out
of patience and pillows (to cover his ears) he went to the garage and got, yep..the duct tape. He taped the dogs mouth shut but left enough nose for him to breathe. In the morning when he peeled the tape off the dog was none the less for wear.
That dog never barks at anything now!!! --- D. Witt, Naples, Fl

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I use duct tape to seal the attic door shut so the bats don't come in (usually when my husband isn't home, of course!). The duct tape makes it impossible for them to get in. I also taped some decorative plates up to the wall in the kitchen because they kept sliding off the plate rail. --- Suzanne Sughroue, Lincoln, NE

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My recently graduated teenaged daughter spent Senior week with friends at a cabin in the woods. Unstimulated by absent technology, the group discovered duct tape's fashion potential. (Never without the stuff, a toolkit on a roll) they designed bras, shirts, and other clothing possibilities, applying grease strategically to facilitate later removal. A mixed-gender crowd, the size of the garments varied dramatically, and photos taken and mistakenly shared with Mom were pretty amusing. --- Melodi Smith, Columbia, MD

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One friday evening when there was nobody in the building but us, we started to smell gas. We called 911 and they sent a fire truck. Those guys managed to block the gas leak (I was not allowed to watch but I'd be surprised if they did not use duct tape). In order to give some fresh air to the building they also opened all the doors, including the emergency door, and of course the alarmed went on. We cound not contact the super or anyone who could have put the alarm off. And the sound of it was too loud, about 140 db! Obviously, we could not speak in her apartment, not to mension the sleeping.
And the damned thing was going to screem as long as the batteries were operational. Our guess was it was going to be that way the whole weekend.Then I remembered having bought - for no particular reason - a [roll of] duct tape!!!
Our night was saved .... all I had to do was to tape whole thing silent. I could barely hear the sound anymore. --- Markku Pääsky, Finland
Ps. Duct Tape in Finnish is "roudarin teippi" which means "The roundie's tape".

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The family dog ran through the kids wading pool just last week.
It could have been a nightmare with screaming yelling children had I not had a roll of duct tape to repair the side. --- N. DeRedin, Portland, Maine

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For a [high school] senior prank the entire class placed duct tape over the door to the administrative office,
the upshot of which being that no one could get in or out. They eventually had to call the fire department and the firemen brought out their saw which they usually use to saw through chained doors to cut the duct tape out. --- P. Ewing, Cincinnatti, OH

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My wife told me of story that is hard to believe but it is true. At one time her cousin was dating a guy who was a pharmicist in Missouri. While he was at work he was robbed, before their get a away, they duct taped the guy to the wall. Yes, his feet were off the ground according to my wife a good two or three feet. She does admit he was a small build type of guy. But, Hey WHAT STRONG TAPE!!!
DUCT TAPE the tape of gods and bandits. --- M. MacWhorter, Anderson, Indiana

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I was trying to save the government some money (which is a oxymoron) by fixing a 3 inch binder with the first power tool in the tool box Duct Tape. Somebody had tried to fix it before with Duct Tape but was not a very good Duct Tape mechanic so I took the old Duct Tape off but it left some of the adhesive on the plastic binder and I needed to get it off so I could do a Duct Tape repair that I could be proud of. As a Duct Tape mechanic of renown you just can not do lousy work. So since I had just read you new book The WD-40 Book and I was passing though our machine shop and seeing more than one can of WD-40 I thought I would try it to remove the Duct Tape adhesive. It worked very well . I removed the WD-40 film left on the plastic with 190 proof ethyl Alcohol (another item for a book) which made a wonderful clean surface to use the NUMBER ONE BEST POWER TOOL IN THE TOOL BOX: DUCT TAPE to increase the life of that white 3 inch binder. It should last another 20 years or at least until I retire in 55 months. At the storeroom where I work the two best selling items there are the only two tools you need DUCT TAPE and WD-40.--- G. Deardorf, Frederick, MD

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Being an avid chainsaw enthusiast, not to mention a bit of an ice fisherman, I thought of an interesting way of combining the two to do the latter earlier in the season. Duct tape a chainsaw (Stihl is my favorite) to the front of your Alumacraft and go tooling out onto the lake when the ice is too thin to support your pickup. No pickup? Put on a larger bar and chain and fish all winter long! You can even tape down the throttle trigger with duct tape, the epicure of every man's toolchest. --- Dan Wallace, out on a lake somewhere

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