Before you ask, yes I did do this. Took a brand new roll of Duct Tape to school. This is the result. (No, there is no shameless self-plug in here. You are imagining things.)
Behavioural studies should include all aspects of a species' behavioural patterns, and mankind's greatest invention, Duct Tape (see "The Wonderful World of Duct Tape" to pay your respects), is perfect for analyzing the "fight-or-flight" response. Because these barbarians have never before been introduces to The Almighty Duct Tape, it shall be interesting to see how they perceive this new threat to their domain. For this, the case of test subject one will be studied.
Test subject one, the "alpha male", if you will, was attacked in his personal domain, one of the more violent lunch tables. His first reaction was to stare dumbly at the strip of Duct Tape slapped on his arm. After the information was slowly absorbed into his brain, he immediately began to spaz out (shrieking and flailing his arms), before carefully attempting to peel it off. When the researcher offered to remove it for him, he vehemently said that was okay and proceeded to violently rip off the Duct Tape. He was most likely aiming for a "look at me and admire how macho I am" effect, but the end result was more of the "I'm screeching like a little girl 'cause I'm such a wussy" variety. It was a wonder people in Zimbabwe and Stalingrad did not hear him.
The fate of the poor Duct Tape was to have its lovely sticky adhesive, which sticks to anything given half a chance, covered with hairs from test subject one's arm. The hair grew back in three months, but was promptly removed with another, much larger strip of Duct Tape which removed a substantial amount of other hairs.
It took a few more encounters with The Almighty Duct Tape for test subject one to realize that it would be in his best interests not to fight a battles which always turn out to have himself as the loser. Rarely has he shown the ability to actually use the Duct Tape, but because of the rarity of this phenomenon, it may only be a fluke in the testing.
The only thing I regret about this bit is that they didn't stay put long enough
for me to Duct Tape them to their chairs... I suppose they learned too quickly
that they're supposed to stay put when I go after them!
-Krazy Kazuko
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