How soon before the vuvuzela will drive you mad?

[Maltin]

As the tournament gets underway later today, when do you predict the incessant buzzing of the vuvuzela during games will start to annoy you?

 

[Kanda]

Already. Moonpig bought one back from South Africa months ago.

 

[krtek a houby]

Like it - because it's just so ... different.

I await their dulcet tones to appear on the phone tones

 

[Maltin]

I await their dulcet tones to appear on the phone tones

 

[krtek a houby]

You know it's gonna happen

 

[Termite Man]

Those things along with inane babble from the commentators will mean the football gets muted and I will listen to music while watching .

 

[dessiato]

I am already annoyed by them but will sound mine with a passion every time England, or Portugal, score.

 

[The Master]

i think the vuvuzela will not be that bad when watching the matches
well only when someone scores

 

[kained&able]

On normal tele they are really bad, if you have a dodgy stream for whatever reason they grate me even more then morrisey.

dave

 

[Lord Camomile]

I have somehow managed to avoid them in general so far - just a couple of failed attempts by radio journalists having a go.

Looking forward to seeing/hearing what all the fuss is about, then moving swiftly on to wishing they would fuck the fuck off

Was there any real chance of them being banned, or was that a "banning Christmas" story?

 

[Maltin]

It seems as if first impressions weren't positive.

http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=326850

 

[wtfftw]

They did my nut in quite early on in the Africa cup of nations.

 

[ernestolynch]

There will be some Guardian cunt writing an article right now about how vibrant the noise is.

 

[Epico]

I'm starting to filter it out.
Either that or it's already sent me mad. But I don't think it has.




Henry VIII

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

It just kills the atmosphere, it's so constant. South Africa score: *slight increase in volume*

 

[articul8]

What annoys me already is over-paid talentless smug pundits complaining that fans outside their five star luxury hotels are disturbing their beauty sleep. Boo fucking hoo.

 

[citygirl]

Started to annoy me before Uruguay V France even kicked off... My brain starts to filter it out, until I leave the room, and then come back to start getting annoyed again

 

[smmudge]

Yeah.....I'm quite scared of large swarms of bees so this noise is bringing back some unpleasant memories...

And also, large swarms of lawnmowers.

 

[Orang Utan]

i think it's ace. cos it's constant, you can eventually filter it out, but if you like it, you just dig on the drones. i mixed the sound of it into some coil earlier and it was well hypnotic - one tone coming from the telly, another from the stereo. trippy as fuck.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

i think it's ace. cos it's constant, you can eventually filter it out, but if you like it, you just dig on the drones. i mixed the sound of it into some coil earlier and it was well hypnotic - one tone coming from the telly, another from the stereo. trippy as fuck.

I did think it sounded like My Bloody Valentine's guitar techs "finding levels".

 

[miss minnie]

I had to google to find out what this thing was...

Vuvuzelas have been controversial.[2] They have been associated with permanent noise-induced hearing loss[3], a possible safety risk when spectators can't hear evacuation announcements[4], potentiality spreading colds and flu germs on a greater scale than coughing or shouting[5][6]. Commentators have described the sound as "annoying" and compared it with "a stampede of noisy elephants,"[7] "a deafening swarm of locusts"[8] and "a goat on the way to slaughter"[9].

 

[wtfftw]

I imagine they'd sound quite good the day after a night out. Like fire alarms n sirens.

 

[London_Calling]

Driving me around the bend but I'm loving the excitement and enthusiasm of the South Africans and how they express their knowledge of football.

 

[souljacker]

They are B flat apparently.

 

[ernestolynch]

Driving me around the bend but I'm loving the excitement and enthusiasm of the South Africans and how they express their knowledge of football.

You racist cunt.

 

[local]

I hated them at first but I think the way they have evolved into a rhythm of late is quite interesting. Last night in the Spain game it was almost like a chant.

Does anyone know where the picture of Maradona and his vuvuzela and his big scarface snack is please? Someone told me it was here.

 

[kyser_soze]

Do you know what I'm sick of? People banging on one way or another about the vuvus.

 

[local]

Do you know what I'm sick of? People banging on one way or another about the vuvus.

Does that include those people banging on about how they are sick of people banging on one way or another about the vuvus?

 

[kyser_soze]

Yeah, I sicken myself sometimes.

 

[toblerone3]

I hated them at first but I think the way they have evolved into a rhythm of late is quite interesting. Last night in the Spain game it was almost like a chant.

Does anyone know where the picture of Maradona and his vuvuzela and his big scarface snack is please? Someone told me it was here.

I'm beginning to like the more rhythmic vuvuzela playing now as well. Also hearing a bit more singing and crowd noise.

Is the sound of the crowd changing or are the TV soundmen tweaking their buttons?