MareGaea: I would have personally gone to Milan to shoot the bastard.
I would had made you the lunch package for the way! *nods*
MareGaea: I am defintively looking forward to it.
I'm so not....I got headache watching some games last year in SA (some cup). Those vuvuzelas will kill it for me...:( Even players complained because they couldn't communicate and concentrate!
It's a fact - vuvuzelas can make you deaf January 27 2010 at 01:35PM
By Clayton Barnes 2010 Writer
Tens of thousands of blaring vuvuzelas in packed stadiums during the World Cup could leave soccer fans deaf.
Research by the University of Pretoria's communication pathology department has found they pose a significant recreational risk for noise-induced hearing loss and far exceed permissible occupational noise exposure levels in South Africa.
A team measured the noise level of vuvuzelas at a premier league soccer match attended by 30 000 spectators and found it peaked at 140dB (decibels).
Professor De Wet Swanepoel said he would not recommend that anyone be exposed to noise levels above 137dB, even if they were wearing earplugs....
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=vn20100127132221188C911212
I have to say that is the first WC I don't look forward to...
...After complaints received during the Confederations Cup in June, Fifa said it was unsure whether the trumpet-like instrument would be allowed into stadiums. But Jordaan gave fans the go-ahead to blow their vuvuzelas.
"The vuvuzela must be used and allowed at World Cup stadiums, but ... it should be used as a friendly, welcoming instrument, not as a weapon or missile," Jordaan said.... Yeah....sure....
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