What do you reckon guys?
Can you stick a car to the wall with duck tape?
( WormuIus, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 14:36, 63 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

totally replying to this

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 14:49, Reply)

totally replying to Vippers reply

( girlinthehole, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 14:50, Reply)

^This

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 14:54, Reply)

totally choosing not to reply to BGB

( WormuIus, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:00, Reply)

In pieces yes
as a whole, no.

Unless it's a Honda Accord and then gravity can GO FUCK ITSELF
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 14:50, Reply)

Are you calling Legless a liar?

( WormuIus, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 14:59, Reply)

Why do you ask?

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 14:52, Reply)

webfe.sickipedia.org/sys/wormuluscam/
(PsychoChomp, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 14:52, Reply)

"Hilariously Hypnotic"
Paul Ross of The NOTW
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 14:54, Reply)

Haha!
I take back everything I ever said about you.
( girlinthehole, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 14:55, Reply)

He didn't make that himself.
Its cr3's.
( WormuIus, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:00, Reply)

I didn't think he did.
I was just happy he linked it.
( girlinthehole, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:01, Reply)

STOP RUINING MY OFFTOPIC REPUTATION!

(PsychoChomp, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:03, Reply)

Bit late for that petal.

( girlinthehole, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:10, Reply)

He is charming and witty, haven't you heard?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:30, Reply)

I reckon you could super glue a hot wheels to the wall

( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 14:54, Reply)

Isn't it called 'duct' tape?

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 14:57, Reply)

They've been having a heated debate on QOTW about this.

( girlinthehole, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 14:58, Reply)

Duck Tape is an American brand of duct tape.
Debate over.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:00, Reply)

Tchah!
And they are unable to spell 'colour'.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:02, Reply)

Ax

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:28, Reply)

Ax them what?

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:55, Reply)

no, it's gaffer tape

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:01, Reply)

Duct tape has a metallised backing
Gaffer tape is rubberised cotton, I think.

/claims best seat by the fire.
( Kroney, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:02, Reply)

Speaking as a 1970s roadie I can confirm this.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:04, Reply)

I would prefer Chompy's opinion on this.
He must get through reels of the stuff.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:06, Reply)

I don't get it please explain the joke.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:07, Reply)

restraining victims
it's funny because you are a rapist
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:14, Reply)

Oh so he was making light of the horrific experiences of hundreds of thousands of women.
LOL
(PsychoChomp, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:21, Reply)

maybe you shouldn't have raped them then

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:31, Reply)

But they all asked for it

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:32, Reply)

with their eyes

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:34, Reply)

+facebook profiles

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:37, Reply)

and breath being inhaled and exhaled from their bodies
every few seconds
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:38, Reply)

In and out
/johnbishop
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:44, Reply)

Heh, its better than being thought of as a paperclip salesman.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:35, Reply)

Hahaha!

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:37, Reply)

Gaffer tape was invented by Bill Maynard.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:04, Reply)

Duck Tape was patented by Bill Mallard.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:08, Reply)

*golf applause*

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:09, Reply)

*throws flowers*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:17, Reply)

Enough of that Morrissey.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:20, Reply)

For that, sir, I will run you through.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:23, Reply)

Enough of that Bryan Adams.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:25, Reply)

Gaffer Tape was invented by ducks

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:29, Reply)

I hadn't realised why you were asking
I reckon it would be possible, but it depends on how it was done. If the wall was strong enough and the tape could be wrapped right the way round it and the car many times then I reckon it would work.

and I'm an engineer, so I know these things.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:12, Reply)

Dunno actualy.
I remember catching part of a mythbusters episode where they used duct tape for some pretty impressive things, so maybe given enough duct tape?
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:13, Reply)

I just watched a bit of a video where they had taped a car to a post and were caning it to try and break the tape
didn't work
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:14, Reply)

Yeah. Its tough stuff.
Maybe if you had some metal brackets fitted to the wall and wrapped duct tape round them and created some kind of net for the car? Would that be cheating though?
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:16, Reply)

that would be the only way. you'd have to hang the car, rather than stick it to the wall.

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:19, Reply)

Not enough torque, I'd imagine
the wheels lost traction well before the limit of the tensile strength of the tape was reached, I presume?

Cars actually suck at applying power in anything other than a pretty specific set of circumstances.
( Kroney, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:16, Reply)

I am being particularly boring today.
Blame it on tiredness.
( Kroney, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:19, Reply)

yeah, you are right.
I certainly think it would take more than 2 rolls to stick up a car because you'd have to wrap it right round the wall.

In fact the crucial bit would be getting it vertically supporting the main direction of load, and seeing as you can't wrap it under a wall then I doubt it'd work. The stuff may be strong, but it's not actually massively sticky.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:19, Reply)

I see what you mean
the load would be carried by the sticky gum rather than the actual tape. The gum's just strong enough to stick the tape to something, not bear load.
( Kroney, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:22, Reply)

I reckon it would stay up
if you were wearing WATERPROOF TROUSERS.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:23, Reply)

While LARPing in WoW

(PsychoChomp, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:31, Reply)

I once had a long strip of hair 'waxed' from my leg with gaffer tape.
It was reasonably painful.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:24, Reply)

You mean from your 'leg'

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:26, Reply)

pfft

( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:33, Reply)

try getting your eyebrows done, you won't be able to see for twenty minutes
it's fun!
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:34, Reply)

Back - ouch

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:35, Reply)

eeeeesh
after watching 40yr old virgin, I have a fear of losing my nipples
thankfully I don't need to wax my chest
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:41, Reply)

To say it stings slightly is an understatement

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:44, Reply)