Duct tape

I hadnt even heard anything about this duct tape thing until yesterday when i went to the hardware store looking for weather proofing stuff after seeing my last heat bill. :(... Then I went to the sporting goods store to pick up some sleds to take advantage of this recent downfall of snow to see gas masks next to the register... GAS MASKS. you have you be kidding me. I think I will start carrying that around campus and wearing it to classes... geez i think the terrorists are doing what they wanted when they get us to duct tape our windows and carry around gas masks. bah, we college kids are too stupid to care. :)

"my mission right now is to make sure that my son doesn't hear all this crap" (debwalin).
I understand that you would'nt want to scare your son, but I have noticed that in the U.S. children are more sheltered from political issues than in other countries, and in my humble opinion it is better to explain to the young rather than to shelter them from the issues. Of course this all depends on his age. Also because of the news media, he wil likely hear of these issues anyways, and they always seem to be quite panic stricken. Explaining the issues to him would help him better understand the situation. I am not at all telling you how to raise your children but i just think they should be informed. If for nothing else than to show him that some of the claims made in the news will most likely not happen.

englishgirl1 and SodaMoca5.... il'm ROFLMAO, you two should be on stage, this is the first laugh i've had for a couple days.
Actually, truthfully, neither HLD nor DoD ever told anyone to tape up their houses. Those two items (duct-tape and plastic sheeting) were merely items in an inventory of emergency items that is on every "survival" list you'll ever see. *But*, that said, i have to tell you why you guys cracked me up with your well-framed observations:
A few days ago, i grabbed a sandwich and coke, and sat down with the noon news on the telly. What do i see but some *obviously* brilliant 20-some year old guy spouting this duct-tape and plastic sheet s#1t to an equally 20-something year old TV reporter, microphone in hand, camera following every move while this guy is trying to reach the top of a door where he is shakily holding an edge of a plastic sheet, while reaching (out of camera) for a series of (perhaps) 8-inch pieces of already-torn duct-tape to secure the edges of the plastic across the top of the door apparently in an attempt to block off whatever air might be going past the cracks of the door. Then these two start talking about CBR and i about choked on my coke, and asked my wife something like; "...is *this* a$$#0l3 for *real*, or is this a comedy you're watching?" She replies something to the effect that it must be the "weekend B-team" or something, and what do i think of mr. dildo on the telly trying to balance on his tiptoes and put sloppy pieces of tape around the edge of the plastic. i went into the basics of how patently stupid it was and we both had a good laugh. Later there was a news release that all the duct-tape and plastic on the east coast was bought up. All i could do was hope it was bought for the purpose of that annual cold-weather ritual of folks trying to block drafty windows in the chill of winter, since the storms hit back there about the same time as the brain-trust on TV was telling everyone to tape up their houses..........

Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the Universe together.

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Please note: Not a TK original. I ripped it off from someone much funnier than I