# Duck and Cover
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duck-and-cover/49554
**Category:** Unrelated Discussion
**Created:** [February 16, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duck-and-cover/49554 "2013-02-16T01:52:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duck-and-cover/49554/1 "2013-02-16T01:52:15Z")
The sky is falling, the sky is falling…
[http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/02/15/injuries-reported-after-meteorite-falls-in-russia-ural-mountains/](http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/02/15/injuries-reported-after-meteorite-falls-in-russia-ural-mountains/)
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### Author:  [@offstring-stewart](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/offstring-stewart)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duck-and-cover/49554/2 "2013-02-16T02:23:15Z")
It was just Galileo’s ghost getting his point across that he’s still angry over the house arrest.
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2013, 2:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duck-and-cover/49554/3 "2013-02-16T02:31:30Z")
Yeah maybe, but why didn’t he aim it at Italy then. :wink:
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### Author:  [@offstring-stewart](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/offstring-stewart)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duck-and-cover/49554/4 "2013-02-16T02:37:08Z")
> [@jhb8426](#):
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> Yeah maybe, but why didn’t he aim it at Italy then. :wink:
That’s still in debate by many scientists. They made a great pic about it already…That and aiming some metor style shenanigans ain’t easy when you’re dead, I’m sure.
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### Author:  [@xxjohnsonxx](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/xxjohnsonxx)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duck-and-cover/49554/5 "2013-02-16T03:46:16Z")
At first I thought this was going to be related to duck tape, but now reading this it’s about the Russia thing, and they should have protected themselves with duck tape or they wouldn’t be broken
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### Author:  [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2013, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duck-and-cover/49554/6 "2013-02-16T14:00:34Z")
> [@xxjohnsonxx](#):
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> At first I thought this was going to be related to duck tape, but now reading this it’s about the Russia thing, and they should have protected themselves with duck tape or they wouldn’t be broken
It’s duct tape… Not duck tape…
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### Author:  [@Yummy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yummy)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duck-and-cover/49554/7 "2013-02-16T19:14:03Z")
Both spellings are widely accepted.
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### Author:  [@Schnayke](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Schnayke)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duck-and-cover/49554/8 "2013-02-16T20:20:51Z")
Yeah duck tape is a brand name that makes duct tape.
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### Author:  [@xxjohnsonxx](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/xxjohnsonxx)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duck-and-cover/49554/9 "2013-02-16T20:34:12Z")
> [@Schnayke](#):
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> Yeah duck tape is a brand name that makes duct tape.
you learn something new everyday. I did not know that was how it was
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duck-and-cover/49554/10 "2013-02-16T21:14:25Z")
> [@Yummy](#):
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> Both spellings are widely accepted.
But the one is totally wrong, with the exception of the brand name.
I guess that just shows the mentality of a broad portion of the country.
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### Author:  [@yoyoavenger](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoavenger)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duck-and-cover/49554/11 "2013-02-16T21:18:12Z")
Duct tape is the correct name for the type of tape, generically. Like tissue.
Duck tape is a commonly used brand name. Like kleenex.
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### Author:  [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duck-and-cover/49554/12 "2013-02-16T21:37:00Z")
> [@Schnayke](#):
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> Yeah duck tape is a brand name that makes duct tape.
“Duck Brand Duct Tape” is the brand name not “Duck Tape”
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### Author:  [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duck-and-cover/49554/13 "2013-02-16T21:51:03Z")
> [@iYoyo58](#):
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> > [@Schnayke](#):
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> > Yeah duck tape is a brand name that makes duct tape.
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> “Duck Brand Duct Tape” is the brand name not “Duck Tape”
Really? It just says “Duck Tape” on a roll that we have…
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### Author:  [@Schnayke](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Schnayke)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duck-and-cover/49554/14 "2013-02-16T21:56:02Z")
Umm no actually it is Duck. Their trade marked name is Duck. Not duck brand. They also trade marked the name of their most popular product which is duck tape. That’s why it says Duck Brand Duct tape. Which is duck tape, their trade marked name.
They used that name because duct tape was made out of duck cloth originally. It was nick named that as well. When it was turned over to consumers they used it for ducts more then sealing stuff for under water use. So its name became more commonly known as duct tape. In fact it became its proper name. At that point a guy realized he could trade mark the name Duck tape, and did so. He later made the trade mark of the company duck with a cartoon mascot of a duck.
How stupid of a name would duck brand duct tape be for a trade marked name?
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### Author:  [@Yummy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yummy)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duck-and-cover/49554/15 "2013-02-16T22:22:33Z")
It was called duck tape before the duck brand existed and before it was called duct tape.
> [@""](#):
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> This unnamed product was made of thin cotton duck tape coated in waterproof polyethylene (plastic) with a layer of rubber-based gray adhesive (“Polycoat”) bonded to one side. It was easy to apply and remove, and was soon adapted to repair military equipment quickly, including vehicles and weapons. This tape, colored in army-standard matte olive drab, was nicknamed “duck tape” by the soldiers Various theories have been put forward for the nickname, including the descendant relation to cotton duck fabric, the waterproof characteristics of a duck bird, and even the 1942 amphibious military vehicle DUKW which was pronounced “duck”.
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> The Melvin A. Anderson Company of Cleveland, Ohio, acquired the rights to the tape in 1950. It was commonly used in construction to wrap air ducts. Following this application, the name “duct tape” came into use in the 1950s, along with tape products that were colored silvery gray like tin ductwork.
[Source](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape#History_and_etymology)
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### Author:  [@GambinoGirl14](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GambinoGirl14)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duck-and-cover/49554/16 "2013-02-16T22:25:34Z")
I thought this thread is about a meteorite…gosh,off-topic people
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### Author:  [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duck-and-cover/49554/17 "2013-02-17T03:56:23Z")
> [@UlmerIsANerd](#):
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> I thought this thread is about a meteorite…gosh,off-topic people
Yep, and the title says it all. Back in the day, “Duck and cover” was a drill schools did weekly to prepare for a disaster. The teacher would yell “Duck and cover.” and everybody had to dive under their desk.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqXu-5jw60)
Duct tape!!! Geeesh, kids these days.