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Soccer world on the horns of a dilemma (Vuvuzela Update)
Beacon Herals ^
| 22 July, 2010
| RICK WHELAN
Posted on 07/22/2010 1:41:12 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
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To: Slings and Arrows
Apparently demand for earplugs during the World Cup outstripped supply, with many pharmacies running out of stock. One major vuvuzela manufacturer even began selling its own earplugs to spectators. It's like the salesman on the sidewalk offering free brownies and $5 toothbrushes.
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posted on
07/22/2010 1:42:11 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(I wish our president loved the US military as much as he loves Paul McCartney.)
To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
07/22/2010 1:45:21 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(I wish our president loved the US military as much as he loves Paul McCartney.)
To: a fool in paradise
I don’t see a dilemma, the things are annoying and used en mas create a hearing damaging decibel level, ban ‘em.
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posted on
07/22/2010 1:45:22 PM PDT
by
discostu
(like a dog being shown a card trick)
To: discostu
English fans would never allow it, the singing and chanting from the stands are a huge part of the game there.
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07/22/2010 1:46:53 PM PDT
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dfwgator
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posted on
07/22/2010 1:48:12 PM PDT
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dfwgator
To: a fool in paradise
If you were into the final minutes of watching a soccer match during South Africa's recent World Cup extravaganza and suddenly you had the overpowering urge to go out and kill somebody Final minutes? More like the first 2 minutes. But absent vuvuzelas, I get an overpowering desire to take a nap when watching soccer. Better than feeling violent, though.
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posted on
07/22/2010 1:50:37 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: a fool in paradise
OK ... maybe the vuvuzela is annoying. But a risk to public safety? Come on, guys. I smell just a tinge of cultural snobbery here.The vuvuzela is clearly an African innovation and perhaps the English soccer clubs want to keep their game free from "foreign" influence.
Or perhaps the English soccer clubs would rather hear people cheer and sing and boo - you know, hear some diverse reactions, we all do love diversity, don't we - rather that just a constant monotone blare that drowns out everything else. What's wrong with cultural snobbery? We were told that everyone had to listen to those horns in Africa because that was African culture. Fine. So why shouldn't people have to listen to cheers and boos and songs in England because that's English culture?
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posted on
07/22/2010 1:58:00 PM PDT
by
RonF
To: a fool in paradise
I organized a 30 piece kazoo band for a NHL game once. We played songs like the old Gillette “Look Sharp”.
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posted on
07/22/2010 1:58:55 PM PDT
by
OrioleFan
(Republicans believe every day is the 4th of July, democrats believe every day is April 15)
To: a fool in paradise
They are a perfect match: Both the sport of Soccer and the Vuvazela are annoying.
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07/22/2010 2:02:46 PM PDT
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OldMissileer
(Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
To: a fool in paradise
"When blown like a trumpet, the vuvuzela produces a loud monotone which musicologists say is pretty close to a B-flat, three octaves below middle C. "
A third higher than a tuba? Not even close.
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07/22/2010 2:03:46 PM PDT
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Psycho_Bunny
(Hail To The Fail-In-Chief)
To: a fool in paradise
If those danmed things had been been Scottish, they’d have been eliminated long ago.
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07/22/2010 2:31:07 PM PDT
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ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: RonF
Don’t you know!!?? Being against the vuvuzela....”that’s raaaacist!”
To: a fool in paradise
I coach girls soccer, they were 12 years old last fall. One team last year had a parent that had a horn - perhaps one of these things. It was annoying and obnoxious. They would blow it not only in excitement, but also when one of our girls was with the ball near them. A big distraction to some of the less confident girls.
I suppose if it gets out of hand I can mention something to the ref about it. Parents can not “missbehave” on the sidelines. Hard to prove though that blowing a horn to distract a young player is missbehaving. Swearing at a player or yelling “knock her down” is much more obvious.
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posted on
07/22/2010 2:41:43 PM PDT
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21twelve
( UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES MY ARSE: "..now begin the work of remaking America."-Obama, 1/20/09)
To: 21twelve
The vuvuzela is perfectly shaped to be inserted into one or more of the vuvuzelist’s bodily orifices ...
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07/22/2010 2:43:52 PM PDT
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ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: ArrogantBustard
Except if I yelled “Hey - blow it out your arse!” then I would get ejected! I guess it is just like anything else in sports, the player needs to adapt to it and not worry about it - but it is hard enough to get a 12/13 year old to ignore what they think is “unfairness” on the field and just play on.
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07/22/2010 2:56:12 PM PDT
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21twelve
( UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES MY ARSE: "..now begin the work of remaking America."-Obama, 1/20/09)
To: a fool in paradise
Soccer fans need to do something in order to not die of boredom at a game.
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07/22/2010 2:58:02 PM PDT
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dznutz
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