Given the biology, it would seem logical to assume that bad genetics are also responsible for the male's universal inability to track down the right tool at the right time. But such is not the case. When it comes to tools, especially those employed during the course of routine home handymanship, an entirely different component comes into play. Because men let neighbors borrow them. For these same reasons, it should be noted, men also own hundreds of flat-head screwdrivers.
Tape is among the myriad other household items subject to the same phenomenon.
If, for example, a man is looking for electrical tape, he will happen upon enough sticky, duct, surgical and masking tape to circumnavigate Marlon Brando. What he will not find, however, is any electrical tape - until, that is, he arrives at the hardware shop. But I'm not so sure. The Age Company Ltd 2000. Any unauthorised use, copying or mirroring is prohibited.