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Jul 15·edited Jul 15Liked by Nadya Williams

This essay is hilarious, as I recently found myself buying yet another pack of Scotch tape (for projects, but also for patching up books ripped by the one year-old). It does indeed take SO MUCH TAPE.

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So many ripped books. So many taped books.

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Jul 15Liked by Nadya Williams

My grandson and his slightly older sister loved building their own marble drop maze with tape and TP tubes plus the longer tubes from foil rolls.

And a shout out to Duct tape from the repetitious stories of my father-in-law. On the job site Duck tape saves time and money when most ‘normal’ people would just head to the emergency room for stitches.

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Oh, yes! Duct tape can do a lot! Now I'm randomly remembering My Big Fat Greek Wedding, where the Greek dad was convinced that spraying Windex was a cure all.

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Jul 16Liked by Nadya Williams

Glad to know my kids are the only ones who fall into the tape-as-toy trap. The last mess resembled a spider's web and was surprisingly sturdy.

(They haven't *thankfully* discovered duct tape.)

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There are just as many famous women as there are famous men in this world and I can prove it. For every Julius Caesar there is the mother of Julius Caesar, absolutely critical to his existence.

What will our generations legacy be in this respect?

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Sometimes I feel like just buying my kids a dozen rolls of tape for Christmas and just calling it a day.

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