BBC receive 545 complaints ..

shillelagh

shillelagh

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... about the vuvuzela horns ..

BBC News - BBC receives 545 vuvuzela complaints over World Cup


why didnt they just turn down the sound on their tvs ... hate to say this ..but ive watched the england, germany and bits of others .. and had the sound turned up .. and manage to ignore the sound of the horns .. its not that hard to do ..

they've said theyre not going to ban them from the stadiums ... well they are part of south african culture ..

but what can the bbc do about the fans blowing the horns .. they cant do owt so waste of time complaining ..
 
exactly Jen, i saw it on the news this morning, after a while you can't hear it, i'm great at blanking things out, you have to be when you're a mum ;)
 
Bloody horrible racket they make, no good turning sound down if yer hard of hearing, n wish to listen to the commentry, still suppose its better than the racket, when there putting the cooking pot on.:D
 
I do hope that we will have none of this nonsense at the Crown next season, or at any other English football stadium for that matter (Scotland is different - they may be useful there to drown out the noise of any bagpipes and the whingeing noises of drunken Jocks).

I don't have the time to watch matches on TV, so I've been banking on listening to the radio. I have now stopped that because I have not been able to cope with the incessant noise. Those idiots in South Africa should be reminded that it is the World Cup in South Africa, not the World Cup of South Africa.

Quite simply, it is an absolute disgrace and the sooner this noise is stopped the better. It offers no entertainment nor in any way adds to the atmosphere but succeeds only in diminishing the concentration of the players with the result that so far, this has been the worst World Cup in my memory - and I go back a few years.
 
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Tealeaf said:
I do hope that we will have none of this nonsense at the Crown next season, or at any other football stadium for that matter. I don't have the time to watch matches on TV, so I've been banking on listening to the radio. I have now stopped that because I have not been able to cope with the incessant noise. Those idiots in South Africa should be reminded that it is the World Cup in South Africa, not the World Cup of South Africa.

Quite simply, it is an absolute disgrace and the sooner this noise is stopped the better. It offers no entertainment nor in any way adds to the atmosphere but succeeds only in diminishing the concentration of the players with the result that so far, this has been the worst World Cup in my memory - and I go back a few years.
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That could well be the reason this world cup has been utter crap so far.:rolleyes: either that or all overpaid tossers that dont give a stuff.
 
not sure about that.. "whuuuuuuooor" was always a mating call after last orders in Accy...:D
 
I hate it and because it bugs me I hear it all the more!!

Don't want to turn sound down cos I half watch tv whilst on my laptop so like to listen to the commentary
 
whatever next ,we have to sit down and clap saying jolly good goal.whoever rung up the bbc must have no life. margo mcdonald is another waste of taxpayers money just because her crappy football team has a crappy home support lol
 
shillelagh said:
... about the vuvuzela horns ..

BBC News - BBC receives 545 vuvuzela complaints over World Cup


why didnt they just turn down the sound on their tvs ... hate to say this ..but ive watched the england, germany and bits of others .. and had the sound turned up .. and manage to ignore the sound of the horns .. its not that hard to do ..

they've said theyre not going to ban them from the stadiums ... well they are part of south african culture ..

but what can the bbc do about the fans blowing the horns .. they cant do owt so waste of time complaining ..
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The sound levels from each microphone around the ground can be changed individually in the Audio Suite - each microphone, or group of microphones, has a seperate volume control.

The broadcast is no doubt controlled by SABC, but surely negotiations could be attempted.

I have been to a match in Cape Town - at the old Green Point stadium - Kaiser Chiefs v Somebody or other - poor standard and only a few trumpets, not the horrible cacophony that we are being subjected to.
 
shillelagh said:
... about the vuvuzela horns ..

BBC News - BBC receives 545 vuvuzela complaints over World Cup


..but ive watched the england, germany and bits of others ..

Jen, you deserve a putty medal......but you'll have to have Karma instead.
I was fed up of football after the first 30 minutes of some match or other........and come next week ther will be Wimbledon as well to contend with.......that's another right load of balls.
Does anyone out there have a quiet cave I can borrow for the duration?
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Margaret Pilkington said:
shillelagh said:
... about the vuvuzela horns ..

BBC News - BBC receives 545 vuvuzela complaints over World Cup


..but ive watched the england, germany and bits of others ..

Jen, you deserve a putty medal......but you'll have to have Karma instead.
I was fed up of football after the first 30 minutes of some match or other........and come next week ther will be Wimbledon as well to contend with.......that's another right load of balls.
Does anyone out there have a quiet cave I can borrow for the duration?
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I agree with you Margaret, on Wimbledon. I'd rather watch paint dry than watch tennis. Hopefully we're still in the World Cup, and then Wimbledon can be totally ignored.
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My 'council cave' at the end of a culdesac is a sports free zone.
The 'football field' opposite rarely sees any balls, and the TV is off for 95% of the time.

Those plastic noise makers are on sale in Sainsburys
thought I'd let you football fanatics know:rolleyes:
..soon every mommys little treasure will have one
 
MargaretR said:
My 'council cave' at the end of a culdesac is a sports free zone.
The 'football field' opposite rarely sees any balls, and the TV is off for 95% of the time.

Those plastic noise makers are on sale in Sainsburys
thought I'd let you football fanatics know:rolleyes:
..soon every mommys little treasure will have one
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Think your trouble is Margaret your a sadist deep down:D
 
I could understand these flaming horns when South Africa are playing, but for the rest its hard on the ear
 
well theyre banned from Wimbledon and from the Henley Regatta .. but the Cricket is leaving it up to the grounds whether to ban them or not ...

BBC Sport - Tennis - Wimbledon crackdown on vuvuzelas


and heres some facts about em ...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/10312794.stm

the scary bit being this ..

Has the controversy affected sales?

On the contrary. Neil van Schalkwyk says his firm has sold 1.5m vuvuzelas in Europe since October and expects sales of up to 20 million rand ($2.6m; £1.7m) over the course of the tournament.

Brandon Bernardo of the vuvuzela.co.za website told Reuters news agency they could churn out at least 10,000 instruments a day. "We're completely sold out," he said.

Furthermore, a Dutch designer firm has released a Vuvuzela 2010 app. According to its website, they have had 750,000 downloads of the application.

Even without the World Cup, South Africa's vuvuzela industry is said to be worth around 50 million rand ($6.45m; £4.4m).
 
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