It may not have been a story, but it was enjoyable nonetheless!
Oh, and the original tape (as I understand it, which I very well could be wrong!) really was "duck tape", as it was simply a strip of cotton duck cloth with adhesive applied to one side of it. I remember having to look it up some number of years ago, heh.
That makes so much sense. See, I didn't do my research and just thought I was right. Thanks for the correction. I'm going to add that in.