How did they come up with the name for duct tape?
What is it about duct tape that makes some people absolutely fetishistic? Okay, don’t answer that. The duct tape-centric sites we visited all treat this three-layered adhesive panacea as the greatest invention since…since…Scotch tape. We even read that the Apollo 13 astronauts used it to jury-rig a lifesaving carbon dioxide filter. Other uses include hemming a pair of dress pants, sealing a hole in a shoe, and constructing a Frisbee (100% duct tape, of course). Not long ago, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge was ridiculed for suggesting the use of duct tape during a terrorist attack. We can’t imagine why. Duct tape was originally manufac
