Tape Peeling Ride

That square cardboard parcel had a shiny strip of reinforced clear tape sticking up at one corner like a little flapping flag! I grabbed the loose corner with both yellow hands, planted my feet firmly against the corrugated cardboard, and heaved straight backward. *SKRRRRRCH-ZIP!* The thick sticky ribbon peeled away in one long, screeching glide, dragging me along with it! Little white crisscross threads inside the tape snapped with tiny sharp pops. I yanked until a giant clear streamer was billowing in my grip, sticky side curling up toward my chest like a clinging shiny snake. What a fantastic ripping buzz!