Is it annoying to the audience at home? No more so than fans doing The Wave during a critical part of any sports game or singing "God Bless America" during a baseball game and glaring at the atheists who don't sing along. Or the Philadelphia Eagles fans singing that goofy "Fly, Eagles, Fly" song when the Iggles get a field goal or the USC Trojan marching band playing "Fight On" as though the band conducter was a CD set to "auto-repeat." Or Angels fans with their inflatable bang-sticks.
The vuvuzela is part of what a
Besides, they make one note. ESPN, ABC, and other broadcasters can buy digital sound filters to eliminate that single tone. Such technology surely exists. So lighten up, World Cup fans. Enjoy the games and just turn the volume down if ABC never gets its act together and buys a digital filter.
Now, for your enjoyment, a scene that I hope you'll be seeing a lot more of over the next couple of weeks:
Daniele de Rossi and fellow Azzuri celebrate after scoring the equalizing goal in the opening match between Italy and Paraguay. (Notice the Paraguayans standing around crying like little girls.)
* Vuvuzela simply has to be very near the top of the list of "words that sound like they're about something sexual but really aren't."
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