130 decibals of noise!!!

I'm sort of digging it. Hearing the drone through the TV makes the stadium sound alive.

A great way to add annoying to an already boring game. If soccer wasn't already unwatchable before it is now.

104 decibels requires double hearing protection, believe it or not.

84 decibels of continuous noise will cause hearing loss, over time.

130 decibels for 2 hours straight? You're asking for trouble.

I'm not a soccer fan, but neither am I a fan of losing my hearing. Something should be done about the vuvuzela, not for sake of the game, but for the health of the fans in the stadium.

I don't mind them. My roommate was playing a video game while I was watching and kept saying "What the hell is that whine?"

^ It's the sound it makes when you blow into the vulva or whatever that thing is called!

Do not get me wrong... No way would I put my hearing into such a situation. But the drone coming through the tv ... that's ok.

mosquitos.

I want to buy a vuvuzela.

just another reason not to watch.

Terrible. I couldn't listen to that for than about 10 seconds. Should be banned at all but the African matches.

Re: # 3 . . . WHAT !! ?? !!

EXTREMELY irritating!

Even my wife says are you going to keep that on? I can't STAND it!

I had to mute it because I just couldn't stand it...then sitting in silence I screamed.."WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING WATCHING A SOCCER MATCH"

Immediately turned off the TV fired up a Cigar got a cocktail and went out back and listened to the birds and the Frogs....AHHHH much better!

^^ dats da solution!

^ yup what he said...:)

I thought a vuvuzela was that thing that hangs down in the back of one's throat.

That's a uvula.

Not to be confused with a vulva.

Or a volvo, for that matter.

I knew about the uvula...had to look it up back in the early days of SNL, due to a skit they ran. Pretty funny one, too. IIRC, this skit was played by Chevy Chase (as the doctor) and Babs by Gilda Radner:

[ Doctor enters the living room ]

Doctor: Hello, I'm the doctor.

Sister: Hi.

Babs: That must be him! [ coughs ]

[ Doctor sits next to Babs on the couch ]

Doctor: I won't beat around the bush, Babs.

Babs: Is it bad?

Doctor: In a nutshell, your uvula is on the fritz. Which reminds me of a little joke. Knock knock!

Babs: Who's there?

Doctor: Babs' uvula.

Babs: Babs' uvula who?

Doctor: I don't know, Babs. But I do know this - you've really let your uvula go to the dogs.

Babs: Yes.. I have..

Sister: I'd like to share this with you, Sis. [ opens a greeting card ] "To Babs: It'll behoove ya', to care for your uvula! Love, Sis."

Babs: Boy, do I hear ya', Sis! From now on, it's strictly good, clean fun. For me and my uvula!