Sure, duct tape is in the news now but savvy folks have always turned to the sticky stuff to save lives, avert disaster, thwart humiliation or even just to make a fashion statement.

Share your tales of the tape with Tempo readers - and we'll award the best story a free case of the stuff.

Write: Duct Tape Tales, Tempo, The Cincinnati Enquirer, 312 Elm St. Cincinnati 45202; e-mail: tempo@enquirer.com; fax: (513) 768-8330. Please include your name and a daytime phone number.