[78-L] Vitrolac: the spelling that would not die!

[Philip Carli]

The best duck tape is made with real duck.  Huge evil factories near ponds make it.  It is not endorsed by the ASPCA, but it is adhesive, buoyant, and tasty.

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From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com [78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of David Lennick [dlennick at sympatico.ca]
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 7:09 PM
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Subject: Re: [78-L] Vitrolac: the spelling that would not die!

The site cites a reason for it's having been called duck tape, which makes
sense to me..(a) it kept things dry, like a duck, and (b) it was made with
cotton duck. But this could still be revisionist history.

Funniest use of duct tape is in "Analyze This" when the mafia car Crystal hits
pops its trunk and the hoods quickly try and seal up the victim they've stowed
inside.

dl

On 2/14/2011 7:00 PM, Mark Bardenwerper wrote:
> On 2/14/2011 12:21, DanKj wrote:
>>    (Yes, I know we've gone over this before)
>>
>>    I think most modern uses of Vitrolac can be traced to "The Fabulous Phonograph",  BUT Roland Gelatt shouldn't be blamed,
>> because "Vitrolac" shows up even in RCA literature. It's now almost always without the c , the way other products are now
>> always wrong ("duck tape" became "duct tape", even though it's useless on ducts! )
> Actually that should be the other way around. Have you ever tried that
> stuff on a duck? But it does work for ducts. It was originally made to
> seal sheet metal ductwork. And it does not work work a #%$^ when it's wet.
> I always call it gaffer tape, though gaffer tape is a special tape that
> is somewhat removable and doesn't leave behind that awful gook.
> I do not use it around my 78's.
>

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