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We are crushing hard on youngster Lucy Leith's craft blog. Leith makes things — purses, a dress form, a piggy bank, a pair of pants — out of duct tape. We sense a future in fashion! [Lemon Squared* via ReadyMade] More »
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Duct Tape sponsors an annual competition, "Stuck at Prom", in which high school students make duct tape formalwear. The incentive? Scholarship money - and, one presumes, a totally waterproof gown. [Mental-Floss] More »
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While home in Atlanta last week, I was privy to a conversation involving friends of my parents debating over who should be supplying the condoms among college kids. "We told our son to always, always bring his own — you should never trust a girl's condoms. She could have tampered with them," one person said. (Which was exactly what some poor Yale freshmen were told in a prank pulled by the senior class this year.) I jumped in: "She could have tampered with them?! What about him? His condoms are probably old. And expired! And they've probably been in his wallet for the past 10 years." Said a third: "It's true, a guy wouldn't want to fuck with the condom — no way he would want to get a girl pregnant. Only a girl would try to get pregnant through deceptive condom usage...But on the other hand. Oh God. What idiot would trust a college-aged boy to bring the condoms?!" More »
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