Armageddon got something right afterall...

[Doodler]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17300028/

In the event of a mental emergency, the application of duct tape is recommended to secure a looney-naut.

Go figure. That stuff works everywhere. :)

[Selenite]

I heard this on the radio today and thought the same thing. You would think showing a misbehaving astronaut a picture of a raving Steve Buscemi and saying; "You wanna look like this?" would be enough.

[Tog]

I heard this on the radio today and thought the same thing. You would think showing a misbehaving astronaut a picture of a raving Steve Buscemi and saying; "You wanna look like this?" would be enough.

LOL

Actually, Ol' Steve is on my GF's list of the top 10 (maybe 5) hottest guys around.

I just goes to show though, duct tape can do anything. In Viet Nam, is was used, along with bubble gum, to repair bullet holes in helicopter rotor blades. Pack the hole with gun, then run a bit of tape over it to keep it in, and your back in the air.

[Swift]

I personally was involved with one emergency medical situation where we did something like this. We (I was an EMT on a college rescue squad) had a drunk and "uncooperative" patient that had fallen and hit their head. We finally managed to get them strapped to a backboard and on a litter, and they promptly fell asleep and stayed that way for the ride to the hospital. We literally had the litter halfway out of the ambulance when they woke up, managed to get an arm free, and start undoing all the straps. We held them down while we rolled them into the ER, slid the backboard onto the exam table and the doctor taped their head and arms to the table (big loops all around the table). IIRC he was using medical tape, not duct, but a similar effect. Ah, those were the good old days.

[SolusLupus]

I personally was involved with one emergency medical situation where we did something like this. We (I was an EMT on a college rescue squad) had a drunk and "uncooperative" patient that had fallen and hit their head. We finally managed to get them strapped to a backboard and on a litter, and they promptly fell asleep and stayed that way for the ride to the hospital. We literally had the litter halfway out of the ambulance when they woke up, managed to get an arm free, and start undoing all the straps. We held them down while we rolled them into the ER, slid the backboard onto the exam table and the doctor taped their head and arms to the table (big loops all around the table). IIRC he was using medical tape, not duct, but a similar effect. Ah, those were the good old days.

Why do the "good old days" always involve trauma and fear?

[Doodler]

Why do the "good old days" always involve trauma and fear?

The "good" part was dealing with it without being sued...