[a fool in paradise]

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.

[Constitution Day]

[discostu]

I don’t see a dilemma, the things are annoying and used en mas create a hearing damaging decibel level, ban ‘em.

[Mr. Mojo]

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.

[RonF]

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?

[OrioleFan]

I organized a 30 piece kazoo band for a NHL game once. We played songs like the old Gillette “Look Sharp”.

[OldMissileer]

They are a perfect match: Both the sport of Soccer and the Vuvazela are annoying.

[Psycho_Bunny]

"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.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

If those danmed things had been been Scottish, they’d have been eliminated long ago.

[ArrogantBustard]

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[21twelve]

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.

[dznutz]

Soccer fans need to do something in order to not die of boredom at a game.

[Churchillspirit]

Good for them. Nip this silly fad in the bud.