What to do when there's no plastic sheeting

[Judy <judy@judyshapiro.com>]

Elkins wrote:
> Okay.  So last weekend a buddy of mine rented a van with a bunch of 
> other Portlanders and drove all the way out to the Midwest to take 
> part in a National Diplomacy competition 

Although I knew that Diplomacy is a board game, I prefer to imagine a
"Midwest National Diplomacy Competition" as a series of high-level
talks, where Secretaries of State from all over the US meet and try to
end the horrible border war between Iowa and Indiana. 

Elkins, I'm wondering what your friends substituted for duct tape. 
(And why didn't they have a supply of duct tape with them?  True geeks
know that duct tape is the vital "Fifth Force" holding together the
universe. Don't leave home without it!)

-- Judy, likewise glad that Elkins' friends were OK