Well, you're both right! From Wikipedia: > The bodyshop painter became frustrated with the sample masking tape and exclaimed, "Take this tape back to those Sc

Well, you're both right! From Wikipedia: > The bodyshop painter became frustrated with the sample masking tape and exclaimed, "Take this tape back to those Scotch bosses of yours and tell them to put more adhesive on it!" The name was soon applied to the entire line of 3M tapes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_Tape http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_Tape