Oh, Slap!

Silly Bandz are the f'in rage in schools at the moment. So much so that many schools are banning them...and I can totally see why.

It's because they are awesome. If you are not aware of what they are- I mean, if you aren't a teacher or have a child, it would be a tad creepy if you did know what they were- look below.
Basically, they are rubber bands in the shape of a whole mess of stuff...and the kids are cocaine-level obsessed with them (I mean, a rubber band in the shape of devil horns? ROCK ON.). They wear dozens at a time on their wrists, making all of them look a little left-of-center, if you follow me. The added bonus is that they are wicked cheap, meaning any kid can have a vast collection. With any fad, there is competition and you are bound to have kids get in arguments about whose bandz are the best and blah blah blah. Hence, schools banning them.

I keep confiscating them just so I can take them home and wear them in the privacy of my home. They also glow in the dark which means that I can stage my own rave in the comfort of my home.

I didn't really know why I was so taken by them...but then it hit me: Silly Bandz are the 2010 version of slap bracelets. You remember "slap bracelets," right? They were the bee knee's back in 1992 (and forever in my heart), but some idiot kid in a school- let's use my "go to" blame state of Montana- had to go hurt himself and suddenly having one in your possession was akin to having small pox or something. Or "cooties," which to a 9 year old is much, much worse.

Slap bracelets came and went...followed by Pogs (LOVE) and Tamogachi-whatever Pets (huh?) and Pokemon cards (never understood it). Silly Bandz will make way for something equally awesome for kids and headache-inducing for parents and teachers. But you know, at least we are resorting back to fashion (a la slap bracelets)...and that is something I can get behind.