From: Michael Campbell <michael_s_campbell@...>
Date: 2003-11-20T02:20:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Duck Type System? ( was: stereotyping...er...way too long:)

Warren Brown wrote:

>>The title almost came across as "Duck Tape System."  Here everyone
> 
> knows
> 
>>that any problem not solvable with duck tape isn't worth solving
:-)
> 
> 
>     Actually it's "duct tape".  People just tend to elide the two
T's.
> Taping ducks together has never really caught on...


Not true.

"The original use was to keep the moisture out of the ammunition 
cases. Because it was waterproof, people referred to the tape as
�Duck 
Tape.�  "  (From: 
http://www.octanecreative.com/ducttape/DT101/index.html, 
http://www.octanecreative.com/ducttape/duckvsduct.html)





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