I think he is trying to go for something like the effect of the Larson cartoon about the Haywire company where everything is breaking down and jamming and generally going you-know-what.
I have to go along with the view that it’s just about the puns. Metaphorical descriptions for this sticky situation, whose literal sense happens to go with their business.
Actually, even generic Dollar Store clouds can still have silver linings; the secret is that rather than buy them (and have to discard them when the cloud disperses), they just rent the silver linings from one of those “we buy all silver and gold” brokers whose full-page ads you periodically see in the newspaper. Then when the cloud has run its little “oh there is hope after all” scam on the sucker and convined him/her to go on, they can return the silver lining for reuse and disperse in peace, chuckling to its little cloudy self.
I’ve been awaiting mod for a few hours today for a post here — don’t know if CIDU Bill automatically checks such eventually or if a little whimper is needed. (My post was making fun of some commercial activities that the robot probably thought were serious; robots can be such party poopers.)
CIDU Bill said”
Shrug, I check often, but I’m not hardwired into the site.
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Fair enough. I hope I didn’t sound too grumpy; I appreicate the soapbox and the laughs, and I accept the fantastic premise that you might actually have a “life” beyond this blog. Thanks. . . .
Comics I Don't Understand 
The post office warns not to seal packages with duct tape, as the temperature extremes experienced in shipping tend to make it fall apart.
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Or they couldn’t find a shipping method for a roll that size that didn’t cost more than the tape itself.
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Good answers, but I suspect the duct-taping puns came first and the giant rolls later.
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I thought it was simply that it was ironic that that the duct tape company is having problems that duct tape is supposed to fix.
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I think he is trying to go for something like the effect of the Larson cartoon about the Haywire company where everything is breaking down and jamming and generally going you-know-what.
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Here, we call this silver duct tape “le scotch américain”.
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Puns. Just puns.
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I have to go along with the view that it’s just about the puns. Metaphorical descriptions for this sticky situation, whose literal sense happens to go with their business.
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So this cloud does NOT have a silver lining?
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I read it as: Even though you can fix anything with duct tape (supposedly) it never ever really STAYS fixed…
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Only premium clouds have silver linings these days. The rest just use tinfoil. Budget cuts, you know.
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Actually, even generic Dollar Store clouds can still have silver linings; the secret is that rather than buy them (and have to discard them when the cloud disperses), they just rent the silver linings from one of those “we buy all silver and gold” brokers whose full-page ads you periodically see in the newspaper. Then when the cloud has run its little “oh there is hope after all” scam on the sucker and convined him/her to go on, they can return the silver lining for reuse and disperse in peace, chuckling to its little cloudy self.
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I’ve been awaiting mod for a few hours today for a post here — don’t know if CIDU Bill automatically checks such eventually or if a little whimper is needed. (My post was making fun of some commercial activities that the robot probably thought were serious; robots can be such party poopers.)
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Shrug, I check often, but I’m not hardwired into the site.
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CIDU Bill said”
Shrug, I check often, but I’m not hardwired into the site.
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Fair enough. I hope I didn’t sound too grumpy; I appreicate the soapbox and the laughs, and I accept the fantastic premise that you might actually have a “life” beyond this blog. Thanks. . . .
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