Don't-it-yourself: Duct Tape your baby
- by Ryan Carter on Oct 8th 2007 8:00AM
- Filed under miscellaneous, recalls and safety, Don't-it-yourself
COUGH, um, file this under seriously, what-were-you-thinking. Everyone say it with me, please, do not Duct Tape your baby to the wall, the fridge, the crib, or anything of the sort, it is not right. It is like automatically inviting DCFS to tea and brunch. Bad idea.I know some of us DIY'ers can be not so bright at times *raises hand*, but this is why God gave us spouses and sisters, to slap us upside the head when we purposefully amplify the deficiencies in our gene pool.
Please, don't try to have a good laugh or chase that ever-elusive extra functionality in your DIY'ing by doing something stupid like this. I can't even begin to explain all the things wrong with this picture, but I'll leave it to you to draw your own conclusions.
Does anyone have any other great ideas that we should all NOT do with duct tape, or with DIY endeavours in general, if so, please share. Excuse me while I try to sleep while I shudder.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-08-2007 @ 1:06PM
Lisa Hoover said...
Don't use duct tape in place of leg hair remover wax. I'm just sayin'. ;-)
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10-08-2007 @ 1:49PM
Chris said...
Yeah, don't do this at home. A few years ago some idiot in my state fooled around with duct tape, wrapping it around her foster child, and the child asphyxiated.
I have to admit though, that photo is hilarious.
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10-10-2007 @ 2:17PM
KimC said...
I just want to point out that the taper in question *did* seem to have the sense to put the tape on the baby's clothes rather than directly on the skin. This should have made taking it off easy and painless.
Unfortunately, I wasn't that smart at the age of 15, when my sisters and I duct-taped plates to the baby's feet to help her balance and walk.
Mom was none too happy.
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