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Re: Who's annoyed with the vuvuzela
« Reply #15 on: June 17, 2010, 05:08:29 AM »
Quote from: redlandslide on June 17, 2010, 04:45:56 AM
I remember the rattles, but the most vivid memories about standing on the kop were the crowd surges. Because I was only small when a surge happened I'd be lifted off my feet and would end up 5 - 10 yards away from where I started.

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"Una Paloma Blanca, Francis Lee is a plonker"

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Yep I'd forgotten the crowd surges.  I can remember the fella I went with sensing one coming by some mysterious power, and would deftly swing me up to his shoulders so as not to lose me.  I think I spent 90% of the time on someone or other's shoulders - it was like pass-the-parcel.
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Re: Who's annoyed with the vuvuzela
« Reply #16 on: June 18, 2010, 07:56:58 PM »
I don't understand,maybe mine and several thousand other people just like the natural atmosphere,the crowd the players etc.
 At world cup events it's never quiet,but you don't get a constant drone like that.
  Even the Brazilian drums aren't played constantly and they sound 100's of times better.
  The natural atmosphere of a world cup doesn't need those bless'ed things.
They can shove em.
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Re: Who's annoyed with the vuvuzela
« Reply #17 on: June 19, 2010, 03:28:00 AM »

I'm growing to like them more and more each day and I'm thinking of taking one to my kids' sports day.

I don't really understand why armchair supporters even worry about them as they can simply turn their sets down, it's the people at the stadiums that surely must have the call.
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Re: Who's annoyed with the vuvuzela
« Reply #18 on: June 23, 2010, 06:37:23 AM »
They were very funny when the press was interviewing the French coach :D The press conference was tense, and serious.. and random ones kept tooting outside the press room. It was a good example of mockery :)
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Re: Who's annoyed with the vuvuzela
« Reply #19 on: June 23, 2010, 07:32:32 AM »
Quote from: smokester on June 19, 2010, 03:28:00 AM
I'm growing to like them more and more each day and I'm thinking of taking one to my kids' sports day.

I don't really understand why armchair supporters even worry about them as they can simply turn their sets down, it's the people at the stadiums that surely must have the call.

It doesn't solve the problem turning the sets down.
  I like to hear when teams score.
      Thankfully Argentina's game wasn't overbearing. 2 - 0 would of been more if Tevez was playing.
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Re: Who's annoyed with the vuvuzela
« Reply #20 on: June 24, 2010, 07:00:15 PM »
Oh my:  http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/23/bzzzzzz-youtube-gets-a-vuvuzela-button-seriously/

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YouTube always has had a way with pranks. Some time in the last hour, the world?s largest video portal activated a new button on some videos that looks like a tiny soccer ball. Clicking it will activate an endless, incredibly annoying sound that sounds vaguely like a swarm of insects. Or, for anyone who has been watching the World Cup, like the dreaded Vuvuzela ? an instrument commonly played in South Africa at football (soccer) games. South Africa is, of course, the host country for this year?s World Cup, and fans watching the games have been subjected to the vuvuzela?s mindless drone for hours on end.

The noise is so annoying that television networks have taken measures to filter it out, and guides have popped up showing viewers how to block it from their TV sets and computers. But despite complaints, FIFA has decided not to ban the vuvuzela because of its traditional significance. Fun fact: one report says that the guy who brought the plastic vuvuzela to the market in South Africa is also in the business of selling ear plugs. Smart guy.

I?m not seeing the button show up on all videos, but it is definitely appearing on some clips that aren?t soccer related. Here?s one that has it.
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Re: Who's annoyed with the vuvuzela
« Reply #21 on: July 02, 2010, 09:04:17 AM »

I saw Vuvuzelas in Lidl for ?1.99 yesterday and I was tempted to grab one while I was there.  As England are out though I didn't see the point.
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Re: Who's annoyed with the vuvuzela
« Reply #22 on: July 02, 2010, 06:46:13 PM »
Vuvuzela's gives nightmares for me,some idiots here tooting everywhere.

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Re: Who's annoyed with the vuvuzela
« Reply #23 on: July 05, 2010, 02:48:15 PM »
A friend of mine at work has a vuvuzela phone app :) He was running around cheering and playing it.. and he accidentally dropped his phone and nearly cracked it :D
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Re: Who's annoyed with the vuvuzela
« Reply #24 on: July 05, 2010, 03:14:11 PM »
If i see anyone with one of those infernal bless'ed things,i'll insert it where the sun doesn't shine.
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Re: Who's annoyed with the vuvuzela
« Reply #25 on: July 05, 2010, 03:42:22 PM »
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Re: Who's annoyed with the vuvuzela
« Reply #26 on: July 05, 2010, 04:47:47 PM »
Quote from: Geemonster on July 05, 2010, 03:14:11 PM
If i see anyone with one of those infernal bless'ed things,i'll insert it where the sun doesn't shine.

Be careful won't you, I've seen people with them that are over the age of 12. :)
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Re: Who's annoyed with the vuvuzela
« Reply #27 on: July 05, 2010, 05:03:05 PM »
I've got a feeling we'll be hearing them at English games up and down the country next season.
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Re: Who's annoyed with the vuvuzela
« Reply #28 on: July 05, 2010, 05:12:24 PM »

'I'm forever blowing bubbles' is wearing a bit thin anyhow, even if it is the Arsenal singing it.
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Re: Who's annoyed with the vuvuzela
« Reply #29 on: July 06, 2010, 06:01:08 AM »
Quote from: smokester on July 05, 2010, 04:47:47 PM
Be careful won't you, I've seen people with them that are over the age of 12. :)

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