Off the Mark by Mark Parisi for July 07, 2021

A REALLY good question, tape roll.

I stick, therefore I am.

Don’t get me started.

He’ll come to a sticky end.

I’ve had tape rolls where I couldn’t find the start. I chucked them out.

You start with the Star Wars duct tape joke and how it was demeaning to your existence.

Yeah, don’t forget to tell her you have no starting point!!

I know where it ends. A useless hollow core.

Ah, a rare talking tape creature from outer space. I never thoughts I’d see another one of them again.

Once you get him started, it’s hard to get him to stop.

If you ask him to he’ll say, “I can’t stop. I’m on a roll.”

He and his young confederate are secretly costumed vigilantes.

Flatman and Ribbon, the Tape Crusaders.

I would’ve expected a Möbius (cartoon) strip…

You’ve held it together long enough. You’re in a safe place now. Go ahead and unravel.

I… don’t get it. Is this a pun on something?

I just keep going round and round and then I get stuck on things

More importantly, how does it all end?

It is a problem!

I swear there is no end to it!

This can get sticky at times…I’ll try to hold it together….

The end is near!

I could use a knife and give you a new start.

Does anyone have a picture of non-existential tape?

There’s a joke about the biography of the man who invented Scotch Tape. A woman wanted to read it but she couldn’t find the beginning.

I ask that same question each time.