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Hung by Ducktape
FOUND by George
in Memphis, Tennessee
I found this picture in the train station one day and thought it was hilarious and needed to be shared. I still to this day have no idea what's going on.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
Billy Joe Jim Bob Tod and Jethrow havin' them a little bit a fuuuun!
I love how the Finder calls it duck tape.
www.duckproducts.com
And I thought the cobwebs hanging from my ceilings were bad.
I heard something on public radio months ago (I think it ws 'wait wait don't tell me' -- where they have multiple-choice answers to news, history, & current events type questions)...
Subject was duct tape, and they asked 'which of these three applications for duct tape have been proven to NOT work:
-- A fellow got stranded in the Everglades with alligators all around -- duct-taped himself to a tree so he wouldn't lose his balance & become "sushi for gators" overnight...
-- Duct tape used to staunch bleeding and/or seal a wound when nothing else is available...
-- Sealing airconditioning & heating units...
Of course the answer was that (#3) didn't work well -- the reason the stuff was invented!! With changes in temperature, the adhesive fails after a little while...
[Can somebody tell the tape-ee in the above pic to get close to air-con & heater???)
ducttape sex sling??
yeehaw.
Isn't the guy with the cool sunglasses Stan Johnson from Waukesha? He's working out how to construct his duct tape Halloween costume. You can see his winning costume on www. duckproducts.com! Of course, this was the first effort. Hanging his buddy up like that allowed him to get all over the costume without having to turn it upside down.
I'm off to record a drake.
I spy what appears to be a DeWalt sawzall, a Milwaukee Planer, maybe, a couple other useful powertools in handy carrying cases.. but what the hell is that red thing back there? It reminds me of those helmets that you put a beer in each side of, and then drink the beers thru a straw.
Camelia, that's hilarious! But I believe it. I like the super sticky aluminum duct tape... it has many wonderful uses. But not one of them is duct work.
Looks like they're making some kind of bizarre hammock...
when one says "i'm off to record a drake..."
what does that mean, exactly?
Looks like the beginning of a Darwin Award...
Gives new meaning to the phrase "Hanging out at the garage!"
This looks like a photo that would accompany the old joke about southern Bubbas.
What are a rednecks famous last words?
......Hey, y'all, watch this!
Sarasara in huh, never heard of it:
Recording drakes is a century old pastime. The first written record of it is from Derbyshire in England: "...the sound of the drake was recorded on a wax roll which we labelled "duck tape".
Oh darn, I've given it away. It's not funny anymore...
Was it ever funny?
Is that a tape measure the other guy is holding?
Maybe the guy was passed out drunk and his buddies duck taped him to the ceiling as a joke?
ducktape buttsling
onomatopoeia
Holy Moley
sure is good to see ya
Oy. I got nothin.
Am I the only person who noticed/thinks that the tapee has had their hands taped together? The backs of the hands are clearly touching each other, as if the wrists were crossed. Perhaps to stop the drunken person undoing the tape once they regained consciousness?
which one is the new kid? Question. Did the finder black the guys out, or did found, or was the pic found that way.
Mentally divergent asked "but what the hell is that red thing back there? It reminds me of those helmets that you put a beer in each side of, and then drink the beers thru a straw"
It looks like it might be a hard hat with ear protection attached to it, for all them noisy tools....
That does appear to be a tape measure. My favorite bartender, Carrie, and I once did something similar to this to my husband, although we didn't hang him from the ceiling. My husband thought it would be funny to tape his tip to the bar one night, so we duck taped him. For weeks afterward, my huband taped down beer mugs, ashtrays, cig packs, coasters, eyeglass cases...anything left laying on the bar. I don't know why, but he found this hilarious, and our wonderful bartender, Carrie, put up with it. Also, doesn't Duck Tape sponsor a prom dress contest every year?
When I played drums in garage bands in high school duct tape (ducktape) was essential. This, however, is a use I've never seen before.
I'm just gonna hope it's one of those pranks you play on your passed out friend. But the guy taping him up really doesn't look drunk, or like he's joking. Hmmm.
If you look at the lower right corner of the picture, you see the top of someone's head.
Also notice the red and black nylon straps amongst the duct tape. I think they first hoisted this person up to the rafter then secured him there with the tape. The guy with the tape measure must be standing on something and he's checking to see how far off the floor the guy in the tape is.
"Wow Cletus, you beat your old record by 6 inches! Which one of ya'll want to try to top that? We got six more rolls of tape! Who's next?"
Sarasara, what a fertile imagination! Norty gurl.
Hope you're enjoying your birthday in as many inventive ways as possible!!!
There's somebody else there too, in the right corner. With a buzz cut.
Nobody else find this a little disturbing?
It looks to me like a form of torture.
I am sure the person being duck taped
did not enjoy it. Not my idea of fun.
"Next week on Jackass...."
Could be a sadistic Serial Killer
is it a self-inflicted buzz cut?
I don't think the blond guy is holding up a tape measure- It looks like he's pulling on the yellow power cord that's hanging over the beam. (or he's "feeding it" over the beam, since his hands appear more relaxed than they would be if he's pulling on it) the part extending down from his hands is too wiggly and wavy to be a tape- unless it's a flexible seamstress measuring tape, which you would not be likely to find in Joe's Garage.
And, like I do every day, I ask myself: WHY does it even MATTER?
iono.
If it was torture, hanging boy would be barefoot and buzzcut would be tickling his feet!
Happy Birthday, Sarasara! 8-)
If I were to find out that this was some sort of bizarre trophy found in the possession of a wily mountain-man suspected of heinous crimes, I wouldn’t be the slightest bit surprised.
Kansas had a notorious strangler called the BTK (bondage, torture, kill) Killer. I suspect that this may be our first glimpse of the Tennessee DHP Killer… Duct tape, Hang from rafter, Photograph.
Creepy.
I seriously had to use a calculator for that last Spam Protection question.
When I was younger I used to baby-sit two brothers... The younger one was a complete pain in the bottom so one day I jokingly threatened to duct-tape him to the ceiling if he didn't cut it out. The next time he got out of line his brother ran out to the garage, came back with a huge grin on his face, and presented me with a roll of duct tape.
I wonder if this is the fruit of the seed I planted nearly 10 years ago. Johnny? Micah? Well if it is them, then I'm sure Micah did something to deserve it!
Camelia: Yes, it was on Wait Wait. I have that episode on pod cast and listened to it at the gym.
It's a bad thing to be laughing to yourself at the gym: The muscley guys tend to give you strange looks.
Ahhh... This looks like something the Air Force bomb squad techs would do. But this guy has his shoes off.
All we need now is paper mache and some sticks.
Ghost that is awesome!!! I made my co-workers wonder when I laughed out loud! :)
And lots of smarties!
I almost don't want to write this. I don't want to take the mystery out of the photo.
On more than one occasion, I've been to a church youth group retreat where kids duct tape each other to the wall as part of a social game. I'm pretty sure this is a derivative of that.
I imagine this is a shot from some 12-year old kid's disposable camera at church camp.
Yeah JodaBabes, I had to count on my fingers. I think they're trying to weed mona lisa out.
That's quite the wasp nest. But he could be Jewish.
This is a result of drugs and booze.
This does seem a bit like something that would have been done out of sheer boredom..I know Memphis doesn't always have much to keep the mind occupied when Memphis in May is over.
@mentally divergent--red thing in the back is definitely a hard hat w/ear protection and a pull-down screen for facial protection (my husband has one or two)
I wonder if it is a child or the guy's wife being hung? Hard telling, but could go either way.
Last night on the news, while preparing for the ice storm, the newscaster suggested using duct tape on your car or house locks to prevent them from icing over. So versatile this tape!
And he said "Hey nani nani hey nani nai, you can put it in the hallway; you can hang it on the wall..."
Is this a redneck pinata?
It give a whole new meaning to having your butt in a sling.
http://www.ducttapeguys.com/gone_wrong/index.html
http://www.discoverfun.com/freeinfo/500fun/when_sev
My father installed AC for a living in the 70s. And they did indeed use "duct tape." Which, in those days, had so much adhesive power, that if you stuck it to human skin, would strip the skin off when you tried to remove it, at least the top layer. Ask me how I know this.
You couldn't tear a piece off the roll, it had to be cut with scissors or a knife.
I think the skin-removing properties caused the later "duck" tape to use a gentler adhesive. Which isn't nearly as good for other things.
Progress.
Forgot to say, we just called it "silver tape" in those days. To differentiate from black electrician's tape, which never seemed to stick to Anything but wire.
One of my friends is also caught in this comprimising pose, as she was the victim of a couple of engineering students letting loose before the school year officially began. It's a big thing engineering students do here, at the University of Toronto.
It's actually quite disturbing. The hands duct taped together. No way to escape. No way to help himself/herself if they fall from the duct tape sling.
Disturbing.
I was a theater major for a short time at Uni, and have a number of pictures involving bored Stage Crew members and "Duck" Tape.
One time they taped the Stage Manager (a tiny girl, maybe 4'10" and 110 pounds) to a railing, and another time they tied up one of the actors to a "bar" (ballet thingy) and pretended like they were roasting him. (He deserved it.)
We also used to have competitions amongst the costume crew on who could make the best "Duck" Tape outfit... The Sexy Secretary's outfit was made of tape for a show, because the designer wanted something as tight as humanly possible ;-)
These guys have spent too much time watching Red Green.
My mother uses duct tape to remove calluses from the bottom of her feet. She sticks a piece of tape to the callus, then leaves it on there for 2 to 3 days. When she removes the tape, the callus comes with it (at 78 yo, this is much more gross than you can ever imagine). She also says it removes plantars warts. Ewwwwww!
It's a homemade Skychair.
http://www.skychairs.com/chair.htm
another use for "duck tape"...
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redneck hammock.
It's duct tape bondage. Either for punishment or someone else's pleasure. The guy being bound is not supposed to be having fun. Who put the black line over the binder's eyes?
Being from TN.........I can tell you all.....THAT is how you catch a snipe when you go snipe hunting.
I recall doing something like this at camp. I think we used a lead rope from one of the horses and tied it into a swing in the cabin. Ahh, good times.
Before I even saw the poster's information, I *knew* this photo was from Tennessee!!!
Not just plantar warts, but any wart. Cut a piece to size, slap it on that wart, let it sit for a while, rip off. Repeat as necessary.
I got a bunch of rolls of this super cool duct tape, on clearance, for 50 cents a roll. It is about 1-1/2 feet wide. Like the size of big, big rolls of aluminum foil. I don't know what to do with it, but I have it, just in case. I like the duct-tape sex swing idea... Oh, Sweetie...
to me it looks like another guy being hung in the duct tape contraption- not that there aren't women who don't shave their legs- but those look like hairy dude-legs.
"hold my beer and watch this!"
i thought it was a little disturbing, too. SErial killer immediately came to mind. I just didnt want to be the first to say it.
Dude when the bound guy sobers up he is gonna be so pissed! Hopefully the binders don't pass out and forget about him!
Wasn't there a horror movie back in the 80's that involved bug-people-aliens wrapping their victims in cocoons and hanging them in the basement?
The victim has teenage male ankles and the tape is not actually attached to him. There is a blanket wadded up underneath him. I think the perpetrator is holding a length of white cotton rope. Why? Who knows? Why do teenage boys do anything? The scary part is, there appear to be bubblegum pink fake nails on the victim's hands.
Never be the first one to fall asleep. Trust me.
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jacqueline
there were no blankets between me and the tape ):
@Jonathan and the rest of the British contingent: Duct tape = gaffer tape. Just so you know.
I remember a great campy movie from the 80's called Killer Klowns from Outer Space... The Klowns wrapped their victims in cotton candy hanging cocoons and then drank their blood using colorful twisty straws. I was seven or eight when that movie came out and it scared the bejesus outta me.
Somehow this image seems creepier than the images I remember from that movie.
stacy in toronto... im going to UofT next fall, i hope this doesnt happen to me! well, luckily i'll be in the music program. ill be more likely to be tied up with horse hairs.
The older brother gets stuck babysitting his old enough to be home alone younger brother. It starts out fun... but then goes tragically wrong when older brother seeks revenge for younger brother entering his room without permission. Older brother slips younger borther a roofy and the next thing he knows, he's bound and taped to the ceiling.... Just wait until mom gets home.
Okay...so I got the message, name calling is wrong. Is the duct tape wrong, too? It can be very effective.
Why did the sender of this find block out the eyes of the person? That makes no sense.
It makes total sense if you're a serial killer.
It seems like Foundmagazine always blocks out the eyes of creepy rednecks doing weird things. See Anti Fourth of July.
Not sure why. JodaBabes, Killer Klowns is a Klassic of American cinematography! I hope you're not scarred for life. Have you seen it again lately? Stupid funny. (it was the first movie I thought of upon reading fe fi fo fum's description.)
Jacqueline, the pic you gave the link for is priceless!! I Love the fluorescent pink bikini!
Groundhog, if I don't see ya tomorrow.. Happy GHog's Day to you.
Happy Friday, everyone, And HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SARASARA!!
Oh yeah... the NPR thingy also talked about "deleting warts" with duct tape...
I'm glad that BabyB explained that the adhesive on duct tape has been lessened... from what I recalled, if duct tape is applied directly to skin, at LEAST the top layer of skin comes off!!
(Made me really wonder what kind of church camp would have this as a regular fun activity!??!)
(And I was glad to have read BabyB's note *before* I saw Jacqueline's portrait and no-blankey explanation!)
.... HAPPY BIRTHDAY SaraSara!!
And.. yes, I found this disturbing. Spooky. Sinister. (I went to a different church camp I guess!)
So I immediately digressed into "duct tape tales I have heard". Note the only 'duct tape tales' I related were ones where the peril-of-NOT-using the duct tape outweighed the pain of deleting at least the top layer of skin!! (gator-sushi, staunching flow of blood, etc.)
Thanks Chill, for a new use for duct tape (when it freezes, remember the four 'P's: People, Pets, Plants and Pipes ... AND the D.T. (duct tape for locks!)
And thanks Needing Caffeine -- it's one of my faves, and I hoped I didn't 'mangle in memory' too much!!
what is wrong with her? i can't figure it out. i just go "ugh" every damn time i see her. ugly models, hrrmph.
This looks like a crime is being committed. Or maybe some kind of hazing ritual.
I also think the person being duct-taped, the victime of this crime, is a girl. Looks like feminine ankles and girl socks to me. The way her hands are crossed back-to-back looks like she was tied up before being put in the duct tape sling.
Where is her head?
This is just plain creepy. And I'm not usually one to be creeped out by the finds.
I used to do professional heating and air installation and let me tell you it's a bad day when you get a strip of duct tape stuck in your hair.
And George could you be a little more descriptive than "in a train station one day?" George set this up! If not, we should like contact the authorities!
no more spam math please guys.
I can't see the hairy legs. Reminiscing must have a better monitor. Can you see his/her head too?
Hahaha, this, my friend, is a good old fashioned gaffa-taping! My friend from my teenage years knows aaaaaall about these. She got gaffa-taped (or duct-taped, depending on your reason) on more than one occasion. Pity it wasn't her gob, but hey, beggars can't be choosers!
I think the reason so many people think this is a prank and not a crime is because of the bright lighting.
Why is that? Do abductions, kidnappings, tortures and murders always take place in shadows? Or is that just a movie thing? I hope I never find out.
I don't think there's anything funny about being in the position of the person in the duct tape sling. Prank or not. What.. she's going to jump down and say, ha ha! That was fun! Let's do it again!
Better yet, she'll say to the creepy redneck, "That was fun! Now it's your turn!"
Maybe it *is* a set up.. who knows. but I like saying It's Found, by George! By George, I think he's Found it!
By George! do people say that anymore?
this is just disturbing in SO many ways!!!
jonathan-- you're naughty!!!
nightingale, would the torture actually stem from the buzzcut itself???
thanks for the birthday wishes guys. i am full in the wine and looking forward to a long bubblebath. ducttape would be an adventure:-)
Not until I'm ready for you
Not until I'm ready for you
Can I have it all
yea, that wart thing works pretty well. i was getting freeze treatments for a while and they didn't work at all. then i used duct tape a couple of times, and it was gone. maybe 3 days for a piece of tape and maybe about 4 times total and that did it. wart gone.
awesome.
Sarasara -- oh yes, I am. Cheers!
Orinoco -- duct tape, duck tape, gaffer tape, we got 'em all. Mine is called elephant tape!
Not a tape measure: power cord. Having taped up the poor victim, he's going to put 240 volts through him now.
This quacked me up!
I'm just wondering why the guy hanging up appears to have his hands tied? And yes, I do find this a little bit disturbing. Weird!
AHAHAHAHA!!!! I find this 'DUCKING' hilarious!!!!
What with the power cord, the blacked-out eyes, and the taped wrists...shouldn't this be on Dirty Found?
I want to know how anyone can think the person being hung up is a girl? Those are the hairiest, gangliest, frankly the ugliest girl legs I've ever seen!
oh and here's another personal testimonial that duct tape on a plantar wart works better than compound w!
this is ridiculous but....
i believe that opictured here is a cabin that exists in a summercamp i went to a few years ago, and the guy doing the hanging is a couselor that i knew.
either way it brightened my otherwise crappy day.
On the bright side, this is only the second worst thing that could happen as a result of getting passed out drunk at a college party...
7! Of dad having silly fun with daughter on a Saturday afternoon. I hope you don't have nightmares you easily creeped out people.
the persons head cant be seen because they have some kind of black bag over their head.
creepy, huh?
I really think there might be a crime here..has anyone at Found sent a copy to Memphis PD? Really, really creepy, indeed.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the story you're about to hear is true. Only the face of the hillbilly retard has been obscured to protect the innocent."