I've seen them at the fabric store ( of all places ) They looked silly to me.

I guess my daughter must be too old.

My youngest DD is 14 and loves these things. She is a freshman in high school and they are wildly popular here. My granddaughter is 4 and want some too. She loves to immitate her aunty.

I see there are some on ebay. Just use the word sillybandz in the searchfield.

They are all the rage here too. my students love them.

Never even seen those things!

haven't seen them

Didn't hear of them either but they sell them at the Learning Express.

update - some schools are starting to ban these.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/2010052...08599199179700

Students fiddle with them during class and arrange swaps - trading, say, a bracelet with a mermaid for one with a dragon - when they should be concentrating on schoolwork, teachers say. Sometimes a trade goes bad - kids get buyer's remorse too - and hard feelings, maybe even scuffles, ensue.