duck tape
Mayan apocalypse 21/12/12: 'The planets are aligned the sun will activate, let the deluge come'
It has produced a four-minute video entitled Why The World Didn’t End Yesterday which has been viewed five million times. Spokesman Dwayne Brown said among the inquiries were callers saying they had “embraced it so much” that they wanted to hurt themselves. “We’re doing all that we can do to let the world know that as far as Nasa and science goes, 21 December will be another day,” he said. Elsewhere in the United States survival stores reported a surge in the sale of gas masks, duct tape and ready-to-eat-meals.
本日取り扱う表現はduck tapeです。（英辞郎on the WEB）によると、「ダック・テープ、粘着テープ」と定義されていました。またUrban Dictionaryでは"A multi-purpose, strong adhesive tape which will bind just about anything together, well-known for it's durability. "と書かれていました。日本語の「ガムテープ」という表現に近いものなのではないでしょうか。(Shou-VR*)
