Well, get a good one, learn a few "modern" tricks, and you can say the same thing about...the yo-yo!
cf: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS-jl0RlGLU , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYyNY55oM0c , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUuAIuw4LRY
nb: watch out on some of the music w/those vids