Ode to a Grasshopper
18th June 2010, 09:30 PM
Ahh, vuvuzelas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vuvuzela). These South African meter-long plastic horns, described variously as
"annoying" and "satanic" and compared...with "a stampede of noisy elephants", "a deafening swarm of locusts", "a goat on the way to slaughter", and "a giant hive full of very angry bees". have recently become famous for their role in the World Cup Imagine this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLjaL8x8StY&feature=related) at 127 decibels and you can see why.
But the World Cup is for a limited time only, and I feel does not truly give this majestic (elephants are majestic right?) instrument the exposure it deserves. So, I ask you...
Where would you most like to see/hear a vuvuzela played?
My three main preferences are during a Papal mass, celebrity weddings, and/or Federal Parliamentary sittings.:D
"annoying" and "satanic" and compared...with "a stampede of noisy elephants", "a deafening swarm of locusts", "a goat on the way to slaughter", and "a giant hive full of very angry bees". have recently become famous for their role in the World Cup Imagine this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLjaL8x8StY&feature=related) at 127 decibels and you can see why.
But the World Cup is for a limited time only, and I feel does not truly give this majestic (elephants are majestic right?) instrument the exposure it deserves. So, I ask you...
Where would you most like to see/hear a vuvuzela played?
My three main preferences are during a Papal mass, celebrity weddings, and/or Federal Parliamentary sittings.:D