Duct Tape Doubles and the Nosy Neighbor

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Hello all, let me tell you a story about the “Duct Tape Doubles and the Nosy Neighbor” It all started back when I got involved with the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA for short), which is a non-profit, educational organization devoted to the study of the Middle Ages and Renaissance time periods. SCA members re-create the culture, arts, & sciences of the years between 600 AD and 1600 AD. I make clothes, leather garments, chain maille armor, and do blacksmithing and woodworking. I was asked by one of the members of our group to teach a class on making “Duct Tape Doubles” or “Duct Tape Dress Forms”. So I sent out an E-mail telling everyone what to bring to the class: Two or three old white T-shirt and 5 rolls of duct tape and stuffing materials. The class was held in my back yard. Here is where the nosy neighbor comes in. :) She was looking out one of her windows and saw one of the ladies take off her shirt to put on one of her t-shirt and called the police on us. She told the police that I was trying to kill this woman by wrapping her up in duct tape. The police got to my house and came around back with their guns out. After a long explanation I told the cops to go get her and have her come over so she could see for herself that nothing was going on. The cops agreed she was too nosy for her own good. The cops went and got her and brought her over so she could see.

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Duct Tape Doubles and the Nosy Neighbor