Shag-bands. Something to worry about, or harmless fad?

**Marv** · September 24th, 2009, 04:15 PM

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar...-meaning-.html

They are thin, plastic bracelets, the kind of innocent-looking friendship bands that schoolgirls like to wear.

Available in a variety of colours and cheap enough to be bought with pocket money, they have become an overnight sensation in primary school playgrounds across the country.

But it is their name that causes alarm bells to ring: Shag-bands. And they are worn by children far too young to truly understand what that crude term means.
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If someone breaks the band off the wearer's wrist, the wearer supposedly has to offer the physical act that corresponds to the colour of the band.
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WHAT THE BANDS REPRESENT
Black: Sex
Blue: Oral sex
Pink: Flash body parts
Purple: Kiss
Orange: Love bite
Yellow: Hug
Gold: All of the above

(Meanings may differ around the country)
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Richie Hudson, who sells the bands in a shop in Croydon, Surrey, and on the internet, seems unconcerned about the growing outrage among parents.

He sells more than 1,600 bands a week. At 75p for a pack of six, they fall well within the pocket money price bracket.

He denies that selling them is immoral. 'I don't think the bands are sexualising children,' says the 38-year-old, who has no children himself.

'There are far worse things going on in playgrounds for parents to concern them-selves with.'

Hudson says black bands - which denote intercourse - are his bestsellers. 'I don't think children buy into the sexual side - it's just a fad,' he says.

But a Facebook site set up by Hudson to promote the bands tells a different story. The site has 9,845 'fans' and a brief glance through their photographs reveals that most appear to be children and young teenagers.

The latest provocative question posed by the site's administrator is: 'If you had to snap a band, which one would it be?'
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While some websites suggest the bands are designed to be snapped, and the snapper given sexual favours by the wearer, others advise youngsters to wear colours that relate to their sexual experiences, like a badge of honour.

I remember something similar from when I was a kid in high school. Then it was thin metal bracelets. The fad was to wear loads on one arm. Then suddenly, 'someone' decided that each bracelet you wore represented a boy you had shagged! lol!! What a whore I must have been, 'cus I had loads!

Here's a different take on it:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/se...t-sexual-craze

**buzzbomb** · September 24th, 2009, 04:40 PM

...not to be confused with the band "The Shaggs". Who, incidentally, I consider to be the greatest band of all time.

Who are The Shaggs, you ask? A group of three mentally challenged girls who were forced to form a band by their father in the 1960s. He had been told by his mother that one day he would have three girls, and that they would form a rock band and be very famous. Completely sure that his mother was able to tell the future, he thrust musical instruments into their hands and gave them a few weeks to learn how to play. Then it's off to the studio!

He made a deal to have 1000 records pressed, and somehow or another ended up getting ripped off. He took the few records he did manage to get pressed, and shopped them around to local radio stations, almost all of which threw them straight into the garbage. That was until someone found a dusty copy in a NYC radio station (one of less than a handfull known to exist today) and they played it. And it was the worst, most God-awful "music" anyone had ever heard.

...of course, it was an instant hit. Frank Zappa even once said something along the lines of "This band is better than the Beatles" Their story is actually a pretty interesting one if you go look it up. They even played a few concerts at local bars, which part of the deal was if they were allowed to play, they had to clean up the place afterward.

While I'm sure most of you would rather listen to the death rattle of your only child than listen to something this horrible... Ladies and Gentleman, I give you: The Shaggs!

Click here to listen, and don't say you weren't warned.

*edit - if anyone would like a copy of their album, PM me and I will email you the MP3s. It's one of those things you either love or hate. But either way it's effective for clearing a room, or politely saying "The party is over. Get the fuck out of my house."

**Marv** · September 24th, 2009, 05:07 PM

my head hurts. And there is blood coming out of my ears.

**sheevaa** · September 27th, 2009, 12:56 AM

crazily enough...I actually kinda liked it. It definitely is not THE WORST music I've ever heard. That level of hell is secured for the likes of Celine Dion and Britney Spears.

I don't like it enough for the MP3's though, buzz, sorry:P

**buzzbomb** · September 27th, 2009, 01:23 AM

Strangely enough, not a single person has asked me for those. I'm a little shocked.

**Dneilz** · September 27th, 2009, 01:27 AM

I think I will buy these bracelets and let my husband "unknowingly" snap a color off each night... and I will reveal his prize after he has "snapped" one off. He can shag me... and I will like it :) Sounds like fun!