The honking plastic horns that caused such an uproar at the World Cup have been shut out of Champions League and European Championship qualifying matches.
Article Source: NBC SportsVuvuzelas banned from European competition
Seeded on Wed Sep 1, 2010 10:38 AM EDT (NBC Sports)
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Oh thank you God! Now I can watch a match and actually have the TV off mute!
I'm waiting for some noise-making, noise-loving person to tell us we should just chill, in effect giving them a free pass to do whatever they please, because they "aren't hurting anyone".
Whew! A bit of common sense.
Blow them with pride
that post can go so wrong so quick...lol Hoooonnnnnkk
VuvuzelaBlower,
I'll give you something to blow with pride. Ha! :-)
This is great news. That droning noise was very grating on the nerves. It also took all the emotion out of the matches. Rather than hearing the emotional highs and lows from the crowd when a kick went just wide or a great save was made, all you heard was the monotonous droning of the vuvuzelas. It will be great to watch a match without feeling like I am stuck inside a huge bee hive.
I don't get what is so wrong with the horns. By inconsistent with European traditions does that mean white traditions need only apply? This is sort of like banning Muslim women from wearing burkhas in France.
No - it means that a local tradition was respected in South Africa and local traditions, that do not include vuvezelas, will be respected in other places.
Burkhas are generally forced on women by male relatives and are a sign of sex based oppression. The few women who say the practice is their choise isn't enough to demonstrate it is actually the choice of Muslim women in general. Banning them to allow women freedom of oppression by their male relatives is not a bad thing.
Funny, I dont remember hearing them on the Rugby world cup. And if one misses them that damn much just duct tape two Fiamm freeway blasters to your ears and give the remote switch to your significant other. Hoooonnnnnkkk
And how did that Burkha statement show up. Now all we need is a Teabagger or a Beckanista to show up and say that they were invented by Obama when he was a muslim born in Kenya or something equally stoopit.
Thank God! The people that blow those hideous things should have them shoved up their yingyangs.
While it was fun to start out with, the Vuvuzela is a little bit old..... Plus it is difficult for any songs to be sung if you have a quarter of the ground blasting on the things at 120-130 decibels each.
Different strokes for different folks.... O.K. In Joberg, not O.K. in Brussels:
Besides, it's hard to hear Fergie of ManUre call Arsene Wenger four-letter words with the horn going....
My Advice to the Mr. Mkhondo: When in Rome, do as the Romans do, When in London, sing witty chants; When in NYC, eat potato chips; When in Rio, Sway to the sambas and sing the songs, and when in Joberg-Soweto.... then you can blast the Vuvu.....
I can't stand the singing, but as you say, "When in Rome..."