Silly Trendz

   My new topic, I've decided, is Silly Bandz and how they are nothing but a problem.
I'd describe them, but you probably already know what they are.
   These multicoloured rubber bandz have been around for several years, but in early 2010 they really became the cat's pajamas. You can see it on the streets, little kindergarteners treating them like gold. It's ridiculous. I cannot believe parents actually BUY these things. I mean, they could buy coloured hair bands and they'd be just as popular, and useful at the same time. Kids these days... Anyway, silly bandz are a distraction. For example, as Jill Wolborsky, a fourth-grade teacher at my son's school, who banned them from her classroom before the principal implemented a schoolwide ban said to Time Magazine, " One student stole some confiscated Bandz from my desk, choosing them over the cash in my drawer." That's a problem.
In similar news:
- Fox News also had a rather interesting article on the bracelets last summer, saying how the tight rubber around the kids wrists could cause blood clots.

- NBC says children sometimes sling the rubber bracelets at each other.  (weapons in schools???)

-  Swimming pool chemicals can cause the silicone bands to disintegrate; when they fall off, they can clog pool plumbing, says the Washington Post.

   Sehr interesant, ja?Interesting, huh?