Duct tape was once a staple of fatherhood; dads used it so often that it felt like a way for them to mark their territory. But—while they may have believed duct tape fixed everything—it did have limitations. In fact, many things should have been condemned rather than repaired with a silvery solution. Here are 24 of those things, with some causing stickier situations than others:
#1: The Car Bumper That Was Barely Hanging On
Dads didn’t need to be mechanics to turn their garages into body shops; they only needed duct tape. Tethering a bumper to a car’s frame with a strip of metallic magic might not have been perfect, but it was free, which may have bumped it up on Dad’s list of good ideas.
