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# according to wikipedia, duck tape is just another accepted name for duct tape
they are both the same thing.
(I helped save b3ta! mugatu, Fri 15 Dec 2006, 14:52, archived)
# yes
but where did the name come from?
which expression was first?
and what has gaffa tape to do with it?
*confused*
(I helped save b3ta! pzyko Query failed., Fri 15 Dec 2006, 14:53, archived)
# Ducks are waterproof.
*perforates a duck*
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Fri 15 Dec 2006, 14:54, archived)
# *calls PETA*
*then decides not to cause it'd be unhumanly cruel*
(I helped save b3ta! pzyko Query failed., Fri 15 Dec 2006, 14:57, archived)
# 'gaffer'
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Fri 15 Dec 2006, 14:58, archived)
# The name is from film set gafffers
Who taped down parts of their sets when required.

or so I was told
(I helped save b3ta! Monsieur Monster I heard Seriously talk the first time. in here., Fri 15 Dec 2006, 15:01, archived)
# but who'd want to tape a duck..
Isn't it a case of biro/ballpoint pen, the tradename is more well known than the actual item
(b3tan senseless is slowly getting older, Fri 15 Dec 2006, 14:53, archived)
# Hoover/Vacuum cleaner?
My Step mum used to work in a vacs spares place and someone came in asking for hoover bags. She asked what type of Hoover it was and got the reply, "I think it's an Electrolux of some kind"

Stupid people.
(I helped save b3ta! Lazlo Woodbine Panowie!, Fri 15 Dec 2006, 14:58, archived)
# It's and Anglo/American thing
Any self respecting English Roadie would rather eat their own feet with semalena than call it the D word!
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Fri 15 Dec 2006, 14:55, archived)
# It's the gaffer of tapes.
it is made by duck tape though.
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Fri 15 Dec 2006, 15:00, archived)
# Things you'll never hear said at a gig...
'gaffer tape won't fix that'
(I helped save b3ta! Monsieur Monster I heard Seriously talk the first time. in here., Fri 15 Dec 2006, 15:05, archived)
# Hahaha!
Gaffa tape if it isn't stuck, WD40 if it is.
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Fri 15 Dec 2006, 15:23, archived)