What to do with Neon Duct Tape

Okay...everyone who has been a part of the Possum Lodge on the Red Green Show knows that duct tape has many functions. You can make a limo, launch a boat, make a lawnmower chair and do even morewacky things with it. But has anyone ever seen neon duct tape? More important than that, has anyone ever tried to use it for anything crazy? Well, if you haven't, here is a true story and some ideas that will make duct tape seem a whole lot more fun.

Ballerina Slipper (True Story):
Okay...picture it...I am home alone sitting on the couch. There is nothing on TV so I open my purse to look for my cell. A bright orange roll of duct tape falls out. I pick it up and think...what could I do with this? I look around and see an empty plastic Dollar General bag. As I put my left foot in the bag I think, "What if something bad happens?" I ignore the thought and concentrate on how awesome this will be. I tie the bag around my ankle and start to wrap the tape around the bag. I start at my ankle and finish all the way to my toes. I notice that my foot looks skinnier now and that the tape resembles a ballet slipper. I hop up and go to the center of my living room and start jumping around like the idiot I really am. I spin around a few times and then collapse realizing that I can't really feel my toes. I sit back down on the sofa and struggle to unwrap the tightly bound tape. The bag starts to tear off with the tape. I am insane enough to think, "Ha! Killin' two birds with one stone." I near the end of the tape line and see that part of the tape is on my skin...but a little too late. I rip the rest of the tape off in one quick swipe. My bloodcurdling scream filled the empty house and the ladies next door stop talking. As they were probably inside calling the cops, I gathered up all the tape around the couch and throw it away. Five hours later my mom gets home and asks, "What's with all the tape in the trash?" And I, like all other teenagers in this world, responded with,"I don't know..."

Decorate Folders (Idea Number One):
A couple of years ago a friend of mine came to school with some seriously cool folders. She had different colored folders and had decked them out with duct tape stripes. I thought it was cool and did something kind of like that this year to my Spanish folder. I covered the entire surface with black electrical tape. It was originally purple and you couldn't really tell that it was purple from all the tape that was on it.

Fix Your Shoes (Idea Number Two):
You can also decorate or fix your shoes. I believe this is very cool with Chuck Taylors. Real Chucks wearers wear these awesometasticzing shoes until they literally fall apart. What do you do when they fall apart? You take some beautiful neon tape and wrap the shoes with it. You can use different designs and colors. Add some Sharpie marker doodles on top and it will be great.

Curtains (Idea Number Three):
You can also take many different colors of duct tape and cut off strips four inches longer than your window. Roll each strip length ways until there are no sticky spots showing. Now make six to nine strips of each color and braid them together. Now take a different color and cut off a piece that is exactly as long as your window. Lay it sticky side up and put the tape braids on in any order. Take another long piece (of the same color) and place it over the other piece with the braids on it. Now find some curtain rings or hooks or even unbend paper clips to put through the long piece of tape and hook to your curtain rod. Now you have weirdishly cool hippi-ish style curtains for your room!

The perfect place to buy neon colored duct tape is at WalMart. Go over by the tires and hardware stuff. You can get orange, green, purple, blue and I think yellow.