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everyone ont he local market were laughing, i wouldnt mind he was walking with dad lol, its defo getting tuk off him, grandad told him he has to use it when the englad match is next on, well im sure he wont mind havng a house geust when it is hahah

it was funny to be honest but not when we got home from swimming n he was singing thro it lol xxx

Ha ha ha, Baby s must be in seventh heaven! Sorry to laugh Stray, but I'm sure that you would think it funny if it was happening to someone else!

It could be worse, at least he isn't saying (shouting) anything rude. Will he let you lend it (or can you take it off him?!!) So that you can be the one using it to cal him??

"Hurry up, hurry up" comes to mind. It least it will save your vocal chords.

Perhaps I should get one for myself!

never mind the vvvvvvv whatever there called

grandad has gone out n bought baby S, an england megaphone!!!! yes a real one it even plays the oway oway oway owayyyyyyyy song very loud, not happy!!! lol hes spend all mornign walking behind me shouting MAMMM YA WALKING TO FAST! to every one esles amusment lol

Hi
If you are in the uk and can tune the commentary to radio five live on the TV the "buzz" is considerably reduced and you can still hear the commentary.
Happy viewing
Von

according to GMTV there here to stay, and they arnt as bad int he stadium but sound like jst a buzz on tv lol xx

Please can someone throw one onto the field quickly!!!!!!



Val in SA.

Trouble is, looking at the pitches so far, they are going to have to throw it damn hard to get it as far as the touchline!

Money talks, or in this case buzzes, 2 million pounds worth of trade
in these bloody annoying things during this world cup, looks like
we are stuck with the drone.

soon as the english fans find tht out TW im sure one of the lads will oblige lol xxx

A whole load of sometimes amusing comments, mainly from Canadians, here:

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100614/
vuvuzela-controversy-100614/20100614/?hub=TopStoriesV2

The main point really is right: this is an international event and it should not be hijacked by local fans for their own enjoyment/purposes.


Anyhow, my favourite comment, from TEA in Saskatchewan:


Bring out the bagpipes boys!

Snork.

I have to say, it really isn't just SA "culture"!

You used to be able to buy these things -- clumsier larger versions -- at the fairground when I was in high school. I'm pretty sure I had one. Red. ;)

I got stuck at a Blue Jays baseball game in Toronto once, years and years ago, right in front of some loudmouthed moron who had one. When he wasn't bellowing, he was blowing. (Because it wasn't constant noise like at FIFA, every time he did it I just about fell onto the field.) I really really wanted to turn around and jam it down his gullet. I really really really wanted to.

But hey, it was his culture, I was just an interloper who wanted to sit peacefully, read the papers, enjoy the sunshine and occasionally check out the catcher's bum ...

Apparently, Fifa have said that if just ONE vuvuzela is thrown onto a pitch during a game, they will ban them from ALL games.

So who's volunteering?

I would like to re-iterate that the vuvuzela is not the culture of all South Africans, many of us dislike them intensely and cannot stand that infernal racket. I too, wish they were banned.



Val in SA.

If this din is part of South African culture, then why not limit it to
S A team games only, It must be so frustrating for all the supporters
around the world who have shelled out big time to go and support their
teams, but cant make their vocal support heard because of vuvuzela.


Ray

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/fifaworldcup/news/story/2010/06/13/sp-banhorn.html

Television viewers are incensed. Bloggers are up in arms. And even some of the players have already had enough of the sound.

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Now, FIFA World Cup officials are trying to come up with some way to control or even ban the ubiquitous vuvuzela — a plastic horn that is drowning out almost everything else at the global soccer tournament in South Africa.

Multiple media reports on Sunday say organizing committee head Danny Jordaan is looking for a way around the problem.

"We have heard from the broadcasters and other individuals and it is something we are evaluating on an ongoing basis," Jordaan told Sky Sports.

He also admitted to BBC News that banning the horns might be looked at as an option.

Organizers have made public announcements asking fans not to blow vuvuzelas when national anthems are being played or announcements made, but the din is otherwise running from the time stadium gates open until the games are over.

Patrice Evra, France's captain, told the media that the noise had something to do with his team's poor performance against Uruguay, a game that ended in a draw.

"We can't sleep at night because of the vuvuzelas. People start playing them from 6 a.m.," he told the media. "We can't hear one another out on the pitch because of them."

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Jordaan said he would much prefer if local South African fans would return to their old tradition of singing.

"It has always been a great generator of a wonderful atmosphere in the stadiums and we will try to encourage [fans] to sing because that is the strength," he said.

"In the days of the struggle [against apartheid] we did not blow anything, we were marching and singing. All through our history it is our ability to sing which really inspires and draws the emotions."

So does the vuvuzela. Apparently, it's not the worldwide emotion that organizers were hoping for.

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That is very true -- singing *is* the true cultural tradition of South Africa!

Well ... it's my culture to change the channel if the television is making a horrible noise. ;)

And FIFA and its commercial sponsors will just have to accept that!

I caught a few seconds of a report about this on CNN this morning. People around the world loathe this noise, and the women on CNN, at least, were saying that 15 minutes was all they could take and then they turned it off.

If lots of people are doing that (for games that aren't important to them, anyway), FIFA is losing its audience. The sponsors have already paid, I guess, so they won't be able to make demands, but they could sure put pressure on.

The other quite major point is that at the volume of noise all those things create, people nearby really are going to suffer hearing loss. The people who are making the noise may not care, but the other people there shouldn't have to give up their hearing for anbody's culture!

Of course, nobody is forced to attend the games (except the players and officials, and even they can walk out). But really, what happened to being good hosts??

Matt Buzzzzzbeee to the rescue!

Its ok ! RENTOKIL are on their way !!!!!

Our national channel too is supposedly tring to mute the background noise. No luck so far, though. And - to my horror - I discovered my local shop is actually selling these trumpet things!!! Arggggh!
BTW, Where is the next FIFA World cup taking place?
At least tennis fans are quiet while game takes place! Roll on Wimbledon!

Oh dear me,,,,,,,,some are having to have their lips treated,,,,ha ha not suprised,,,,,,

I think the stations have found a way of noise reduction in the buzz,but it does over shadow the crowd cheers which makes football.

I hate football and not seen any,, just heard the buzzzzzzzzzzzzing}}}}}}