Image by ipickmynose via FlickrThis post is not about that- this is about vuvuzela, the pipe like thing they are blowing like crazy in the stadium. It is a bit of an irritant, they don't let off for a second, it is a constant drone that is more like a busy moan. You can't ignore that noise, there is no getting used to it.
I found I was not alone in hating that noise when my brother in law, in the course of an exciting game- the Vuvuzelas were going full blast- came out of his room and asked with an edge in his voice, "Is that a background noise coming from the TV?"
I told him about Vuvuzela. He glumly turned the volume down by a notch and went back to his room to continue his work.
I find that it is Swann (yes, the English cricketer) who expressed this best, in a tweet:
Is it just me it are those vevusula trumpets or whatever they are called making every game sound like it's being played inside a beehive
Graeme Swann
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No wonder, Vuvuzela is a Zulu word that means, "annoying three-foot-long one-note plastic trumpet". One note is right.
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