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Sellotape poll #1 - Scissors or teeth

I cut sellotape with...

  • my teeth

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • a pair of scissors

    Votes: 1 100.0%
  • Total voters
    1
Ian

Ian

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When you use sellotape, do you cut it with your teeth or use a pair of scissors?

I use my teeth because I CBA to find the scissors and then waste time lining it up for a smooth cut.
 
Teeth never work properly, ironically...
Sellotape doesn't taste nice, and it doesn't work nearly as well if you accidentally get saliva on it either :?
 
Scissors. I hate the feeling of my teeth sliding across stuff like that, it gives me the chills. Plus I had braces and don't wanna risk ruining them and all that.
 
Scissors on your birthday to make you feel special???

On the Queen's birthday you use a special gold plated letter opener???
 
Teeth because it always gets stuck to the damn scissors.


Spray Adhesive > Tape
 
Like some people before, it all depends. If I don't have access to scissors, then it's teeth. But if I'll use scissors over teeth most of the time as mine are all jagged and crowded and retarded :p
 
I just wrapped a parcel up, and used both at various moments during the operation. I'm gonna go with both. However, this is not an option so I'll be refusing to cooperate in this poll.
 
The jagged razor on the end of the tape wheel if doing it properly.

As for freelance technique - there are those that know just how capable my teeth are at biting clean* through things! :p





















































*Actual cleanliness and bacteria levels may vary
 
The scissors live on top of the roll of sellotape, so I usually use them. If not, then teeth, but it doesn't usually work properly, so I try to avoid it.

Oh, plus, I usually use double sided tape instead, so that just rips.
 
Nic said:
Oh, plus, I usually use double sided tape instead, so that just rips.
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Your logic is broken.

The point of using teeth is that you just nick a little tiny chunk out, and the tension causes it to break cleanly. Which is basically the same as tearing, you're just creating a start point with your teeth.

Do you think doing it with your teeth involves chewing through it or something?

And you use double sided tape for non double sided requirements? Now that is a waste. What happens if you want to stick down an envelope that has been sitting around so long that the glue has gone rubbish. Surely if you use double sided tape, when you post it, it'll stick to other letters in the letterbox? That's not what you want.

...unless they're birthday cards with tenners in them.
 
Martyn said:
The point of using teeth is that you just nick a little tiny chunk out, and the tension causes it to break cleanly. Which is basically the same as tearing, you're just creating a start point with your teeth.
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Yes, this would be my technique. However, when you've got wonky teeth and a crown on one of the front ones, it makes this a bit awkward. Oh, plus, this is way more complicated than simple tearing.

Martyn said:
And you use double sided tape for non double sided requirements? Now that is a waste.
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If by that you mean using the tape, but leaving the back on it, then no, I never do that. If you mean using it for things where normal tape is sufficient, such as wrapping a present, then yes. But mine look a hell of a lot neater.

Martyn said:
What happens if you want to stick down an envelope that has been sitting around so long that the glue has gone rubbish. Surely if you use double sided tape, when you post it, it'll stick to other letters in the letterbox?
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Only if you're stupid enough to misplace the tape. If you do it properly, then its happily sandwiched between the two surfaces of the envelope, and does the job very nicely.
 
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