Hands up anyone who can 'embrace' the monotone continuous blaaaaaaah from the African horns during the games ? :)

I sure can't.

I agree, AGIR. As I said, it is so much better to be able to hear the supporters cheer or sing rather than this draining, droning noise.
It is annoying for the players, too- some are playing with ear plugs in I've heard.
I am able to block the noise out for some time during the match, but for the most part it is very distracting.

Religious background to the trumpet:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8458829.stm

We watch with the sound off. Friends tell us they turn the game off in protest.

Cornflower: << Religious background to the trumpet >>

Those damned godbotherers have a lot to answer for, don't they? (Just kiddin'). Thanks for that though - interesting.

There is good news though for technologically savvy football fans. Apparently if you have an audio equaliser you can 'cancel out' the vuvuzela cacophony:

<< For the Vuvuzela-killer, we need only a high-slope band stop filter that takes out the corresponding frequencies. For this, in principle, any modern computer that has a sound card with low latency and corresponding software should work. In our case, we used a Mac Mini and Logic Express 8. (Actually, such a complex software such as Logic Express is not necessary. We use it only because it was already on it on the computer and the necessary filters are included.) >>

http://lifehacker.com/5564085/how-to-silence-vuvuzela-horns-with-an-eq-filter

Personally, I just turn the sound down ;)

Celivia,

You have an advantage over the rest of the world when it comes to blocking out the noise from the horns.

Putting fingers in dykes is in your genes so fingers in ears would be far simpler than that...lol

Only joking!

The simple solution is to turn the sound down... afterall nothing much happens that needs commentating on anyway...lol

Is it true, that the players have professional acting lessons to get to that level of pretending to be hurt?...lol

I hope for your and your ears sake that the Dutch team does really well.

Apparently the horns have been measured at 127 decibels... so that definitely would be very distracting for the players.

It's still a silly game though...lo

At 127 decibels those bad boys are an OH&S problem and should be banned from the grounds. That is about the same as an un-silenced jackhammer.

A tractor idling can produce 85 decidels, resulting in permanent hearing loss. That is why farmers wear ear muffs.

The administrators have rocks in their heads for putting recent 'tradition' above health and safety. Or is it the $$ because countless thousands have been sold?