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How To Make A Whip Out of Duct Tape
Here's my indigenous wisdom: I have constructed a bull whip out of duct tape. Now, I completely understand the negative connotations associated with that object. I suppose on top of having something that I find really cool, it is also a reminder that slavery and physical violence is a very real thing and slavery is still going on across the world.
Even though there are many different negative connotations for the word "whip", there are a few positive connotations associated. And I'll try to elaborate them:
1) The saying :"Quick like a whip". This one goes to say that someone has cunning and is very smart.
2) Whip in: to keep together, as in a group, or members of a pack.
3) Whip up: To arouse or provoke interest in people.
4) Whip into shape: To bring into a certain state or condition, often in a positive connotation.
5) Whips provide direction for cattle, so we can say that it can be a symbol of direction and returning to attention.
Here are the steps to making a duct tape bull whip:
i) Line up 3 strips of duct tape of the same length (the length is up to you). The final length of the whip will be shorter than the length of the strips you originally started with. Fold each strip lengthwise.
ii) After having folded each strip lengthwise, you can close off and fold the strips on one side. Then, you can move all the strips closer to each other, as you can see by the picture below.
iii) After doing that, you have to braid the three lengths. If you don't know how to braid, look it up online, because it's to hard to explain with words. Anyways, it should look like this (it's a bit blurry).
After 15 to 30 minutes of braiding, you should get a full braid of about 4 to 6 feet. This is what you see in this picture. In addition, I've added a handle (a towel paper roll covered in duct tape) and a popper, which is what makes the whipping sound (it's a piece of twine with a few knots at the same place).
There you have it. Only use it for fun, never use it on someone else, even if it's as a joke.
If you don't completely understand the steps, do a quick search on Google or any search engine.
Have a nice day
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Comment by Daniel Pisani on April 27, 2010 at 2:32am
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Why thank you, Sarah.
What exactly is Delta Team? although I've already joined ahah
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Oh, I see. Looking forward to it. :)
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Comment by Ian Glidewell on April 27, 2010 at 7:26am
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Quick Positive Things About Whips:
Indiana Jones is known for carrying them around, and performing amazing feats of heroism and cunning with them. Harrison Ford is cool, therefore whips are cool.
The heroes of Casltevania(Like 9 of them) used a whip to fight the evil minions of the vampire Dracula. Some of them were even made of chains, or caught fire. Fighting vampires is cool, so therefore whips are increasing cooler.
If it's called a bull whip, a third grader would assume one of two things about it. Either A)It is a whip that bulls use. B)It is a whip that is used on bulls. Originally, B is what it was intended for. Dealing with livestock. Until bulls stand upright and replace 2 of their hooves with something capable of grasping, we don't have to worry about A.
Handling livestock is handling a source of food. Those who mis-use a tool are to blame, not the tool itself. I can see this as being practical when used properly, so long as it can stand up to the thick hides of cattle. +1 Resourcefulness.
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Comment by Benjamin Michael Jones on April 27, 2010 at 7:35am
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@Benjamin I lol'ed.
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Comment by A.V.Koshy on April 27, 2010 at 8:13am
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daniel when you say never use it on somebody you dont really mean it do you? - lol- don't take me too seriously, i'm just "cracking" a joke
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Comment by Chris Ke Sihai on April 27, 2010 at 8:30am
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I tried to make one but I don't have a piano. Is there any other way to do this?
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lol chris
why not try a guitar instead?
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there's one in the corner
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@ Chris you have to use a piano or else the whip won't work
@ Koshy lol "cracking" a joke
@ Benjamin lol that's hilarious
@ Ian: that's very resourceful of you, thanks for bringing the coolness of a whip into perspective. And we should be preparing to fight back the day when bulls whip us. I think in Soviet Russia, bull whips you.
And there, I just started a 5 way conversation :)
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