When Silly Bandz hit the market in 2010, kids worldwide found a new way to annoy the hell out of their elementary school teachers. #winning. What was it they discovered? Well, technically rubberbands, but not just any ratty old yellow/brown old school rubberbands. Silly Bandz are rubberbands that come in all sorts of shapes and sizes in every color of the rainbow. If you have been living under a rock for the past year here is what some Silly Bandz look like:
And if you spent the last year in any sort of elementary school during the outburst of the Silly Bandz you probably saw a million little kids with wrists like this:
The Silly Bandz epidemic of the past year was very reminiscent of the tamagotchi epidemic of my era. Elementary schools banned the Bandz proclaiming they were distracting and dangerous [apparently some kids got their circulation cut off by have too many!]. They sure are cute though and I am almost embarrassed to admit I cannot resist them. Team Silly Bandz all the way, just not so many!
I actually used to wear silly bands in elementary school. I don't know if it was just where I'm from (New Jersey), but we had them way back in 2002. When they became popular again in 2010, it was very much a flashback for me. This time around I had fun wearing the naughty bands that I bought from Spencers, they are funny to show at partys haha. http://media.merchantcircle.com/37096832/BNB%20all%206_medium.jpeg
ReplyDeleteYeah, what the heck is up with the silly bandz fad? They baffled me for the longest time-they became such a hot commodity for kids in elementary/middle school...is the only reason because they are cute/whimsical and wearable? I also remember seeing a number of knock-off brands, which of course raises questions about status on the playground. Who has the "right" or "coolest" brand of silly bandz and who bought the cheap stuff-I imagine the kids divided to some extent over this. I'm speculating, of course, but I'm sure the die-hard silly bandz fans can distinguish between the good stuff and the cheap stuff.
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So glad you wrote about silly bandz, because last summer when I was first introduced to this fad I came up with the greatest idea to make Terps silly bandz and Maryland M bandz, and paten the idea to make a ton of money. Unfortunately, I couldn't afford to paten the idea. Do you know it costs thousands of dollars to paten something? You need a lawyer to over look things and blah blah blah. Anyway, turns out I was pretty fortunate this was just a fad, and I didn't spend thousands of dollars to paten my little idea, because I'm pretty sure I'd be in a lot of debt!
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