> On July 16, 2016 at 8:51 AM Simon Hobson <[email protected]> wrote:

  [...]

> > Duct tape, actually.  It's like the Force.  It has a light side and a
> > dark side, and it holds the universe together.
> > 
> > Duct tape is cool.
> 
> Over here, the common term is gaffer tape. Duct tape is a common term as 
> well, and of course the commercial product playing on the homophone (if I go 
> the right word) with Duck Tape

Gaffer tape and {duct|duck} tape are different products.  Gaffer tape is less 
adhesive and is designed to be removed easily.  It is more expensive :-)  If 
you have ever used the other tape to secure cables to the floor and then 
uprooted those cables when tearing down, you will know the misery of trying to 
remove the other kind of tape now wrapped seamlessly around the cable.

Peter Olson
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