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  • I have been drawing a window sill of basil, rosemary and chive, painting over the blu-tack marks on the bedroom wall, watching you time and time again, learning your habits, your sleep patterns

    North from Laguna Beach Neil McCarthy 2012

  • No annoying the neighbours (fair enough), no blu-tack on painted walls (papered walls were fine, strangely), and no letting the place get dirty.

    Thank you, Pam « Sven’s guide to… 2007

  • Having put off the water bottle until another time, I looked at the magnet picture hangers that seemed to promise hope for renters who like pictures on their walls but aren't allowed to put up hooks or use blu-tack.

    Friday Kirsty 2008

  • Having put off the water bottle until another time, I looked at the magnet picture hangers that seemed to promise hope for renters who like pictures on their walls but aren't allowed to put up hooks or use blu-tack.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Kirsty 2008

  • I take the felt tip pen which is stuck to the wall with a ball of blu-tack a misnomer, French blu-tack is yellow and add my name to the list.

    bandage 2006

  • I take the felt tip pen which is stuck to the wall with a ball of blu-tack a misnomer, French blu-tack is yellow and add my name to the list.

    playground love 2006

  • First, French blu-tack is rather cunningly called patafix, so can be any colour!

    playground love 2006

  • Mr Henry said during the clip some of the shots were of the model spider stuck to the ceiling with blu-tack - but at least one of the shots was of a real spider.

    National Nine News 2010

  • Both have an annoying blue light that actually burns the retina in daytime and is very distracting in a dark room, to the point many owners have had to cover the led with blu-tack (myself included)

    TrustedReviews Site-wide Feed 2009

  • Dry blu-tack holds no fears for me, but if my hands are even the smallest bit wet, urgghhh it just creeps me out.

    Nothing But Bonfires - You say tomato, I say you're saying it wrong 2009

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