It’s September. The evenings are getting darker, earlier. The weather getting poorer.
Just how visible are you and your kids?
This is just what is being asked by 3M’s Be Seen road safety campaign and to mark the occasion they have sent me a High Visibility Snap Band to give away here on the Prattle as well as a couple for me to play with to keep my two monsters visible this winter.
I have to say they really are rather cool and fun. They’re made out of the same reflective material that emergency services personnel have on their uniforms, so reflect really well. They have some sort of metal coil inside which snaps straight and then when you tap it against something (like the top of your arm) it wraps around securely with a click. Great to put around arms, wrists, bags, handlebars of a bike … you get the idea.
Anyway, to get back to the point… the giveaway. I thought we could have a competition.
To win one of these fab snap bands, all you have to do is come up with an amusing and unusual use for one of these (keep it clean though, eh?). One that makes me laugh the most, gets the band…
Closing date is midnight on Saturday 23rd September.
10 responses so far ↓
1 Magpie // 16th Sep 2006 at 4:48 pm
Just a warning…when I was back in junior school snap bands were one of the must have toys, but the school banned them because the fabric would fray around the metal and some kids got cut. Not that I’m trying to make you paranoid or anyting, and I’m sure they’re better now than they used to be.
2 Pewari // 16th Sep 2006 at 6:40 pm
Thanks for the heads up, Magpie. Although, to be fair, looking at these they seem to be fairly sturdy and stitched well. Doesn’t hurt to check them periodically though.
3 valb // 16th Sep 2006 at 7:30 pm
Our school gave these out free last year (well, they had some company or other’s name on them, but they were free in as far as no money changed hands!) and they seem to be lasting well so far. Of course, my kids have never actually worn them, as we live too far from the school to walk there, but they do love to play with them…
4 Miss L // 17th Sep 2006 at 11:26 am
I think they would look fabulous on a really well trimmed standard poodle – you know, the ones with the bobbles on their tails and feet. They would need one around the tail and one around each ankle. Very fetching!
5 Pewari // 18th Sep 2006 at 12:47 pm
A day-glo poodle – certainly would be safe walking with one of those – people from miles around would give you a wide berth, lol.
6 Gert // 18th Sep 2006 at 5:07 pm
I’m afraid your command to keep it clean has rendered me incapable of thinking of anything clean, whereas w/o the command I would have done.
7 Pewari // 19th Sep 2006 at 3:52 pm
LOL Gert… I have the same problem myself, can’t get my mind out of the gutter now…
8 Anji // 20th Sep 2006 at 3:29 pm
We came across a jogger the other night in the dark; She’d strapped a small red rear bike light to her outside ankle, They have velcro straps so that you can remove them from the bike easily. It really showed up, but I couldn’t help thinking it would have been better on her arm.
9 Be Seen - Winner! - Pewari’s Prattle // 24th Sep 2006 at 9:26 am
[...] Well it looks like Miss L is the Be Seen competition winner with her highly inventive use for high visibility snap bands: I think they would look fabulous on a really well trimmed standard poodle – you know, the ones with the bobbles on their tails and feet. They would need one around the tail and one around each ankle. Very fetching! [...]
10 Root of the net // 10th Nov 2006 at 6:13 pm
First ever competition for this site (and first video too)…
I know what you’re all thinking, nothing has changed here lately. I’ve been working on things in the background but today marks the first of a whole bundle of waiting posts. This post includes my site’s first ever competition as……
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