They make excellent missiles themselves.
In anchored mode, they can launch wads of stuff at targets.
Such behaviors are condemned by mothers and other guardians who fear rubber bands can "put your eye out."
But the latex binder is now being banned by schools for non-lethal reasons.
Seems Silly Bandz are the latest craze to cause major distractions in schools.
The rubber bracelets come in a wide variety of shapes, colors and designs worn up and down both arms like moveable tatoos.
Toy stores typically charge $3-6 for a band and have trouble keeping them in stock as the fad stretches in popularity while children collect and trade them.
Health concerns haven't been raised yet, even though hundreds of bands clamped around an arm might hamper blood circulation.
Not to worry. Another fad will come along and relegate the bands to the drawer full of Cabbage Patch Kids and Beanie Babies. (27 JUNE 2010).
