Vuvuzelas

Lichtgestalt · Post by **Lichtgestalt** » 14th Jun, '10, 04:12

Damn annoying on TV and apparently also on the field. Ear plugs are sold out as I read somewhere today. Lets hope they get tired of them pretty soon or ban them

SAgirlRuth · Post by **SAgirlRuth** » 14th Jun, '10, 09:06

I spoke to my folks in SA yesterday and apparently the latest thing is a fear of spreading TB (and other nasty bugs)! Reports are that if you're in the lower part of the stadiums you get covered in a good spattering of other people's saliva!

Ew!

daffodil · Post by **daffodil** » 14th Jun, '10, 09:16

I could have done without reading that before breakfast. UGH

Fat Bob · Post by **Fat Bob** » 14th Jun, '10, 14:57

Breakfast at 9:16am? Lazy bugger!

avatarless · Post by **avatarless** » 14th Jun, '10, 21:22

Had turn off the volume on the first day. There's no way I can listen to giant wasp farting for a whole month...

daffodil · Post by **daffodil** » 15th Jun, '10, 10:10

Apparently, Sainsbury supermarket in the UK, has already sold out of their version of the horn - maybe they will turn up at Premiership games too!

Dinosaur · Post by **Dinosaur** » 15th Jun, '10, 10:28

Well we had a combination of vuvuzelas and Thai football pundits so sound was definitely off for us. In any case, I can always rely on Mr Dino to perform a running commentary in English on all events

Lichtgestalt · Post by **Lichtgestalt** » 18th Jun, '10, 03:52

It might be just me but today the vuvuzelas seem to be getting a bit less and traditional football noise is getting more audible

Dinosaur · Post by **Dinosaur** » 18th Jun, '10, 11:14

Don't know as we had no sound at all last night. Had a brown-out and the amplifier wouldn't work.

Fat Bob · Post by **Fat Bob** » 18th Jun, '10, 12:46

A brown-out? Is that similar to a senior moment in your pants?

baloo · Post by **baloo** » 18th Jun, '10, 12:48

Didn't the TV have speakers ?

Dinosaur · Post by **Dinosaur** » 18th Jun, '10, 14:06

No we ditched the speakers. We've got the TV and recorder wired into our hi fi. We actually recorded the Argie-Korea game as it was on quite early 6.30pm here, then the plan was to watch it after dinner at 8.30pm. At 8.20pm we got the brown-out (no FB it's to do with 3 phase electricity, when one of the phases goes kaput I think, it's a speciality in Phuket

). So the recorder was working on and off, speakers off, lights on and off, aircon off. It took bloody ages to watch as the picture kept going off just before goals and had to keep zipping back. But at least the fridge was on, so cold beer and wine in full flow.

Dinosaur · Post by **Dinosaur** » 18th Jun, '10, 15:35

Oh and another thing..... if you want to go out and watch the games in a bar, they are now apparently banning English commentary (in Phuket)

http://www.phuketgazette.net/archives/a ... e8834.html

Snaffled · Post by **Snaffled** » 18th Jun, '10, 15:45

They are banning illegal copyright violations rather than English language. There is no company in Thailand that purchased the English audio rights to the world cup and so anyone showing English language commentary is breaking the law. (And didn't apparently hand the brown envelopes to the right person).

The Singapore Forum

Vuvuzelas

Vuvuzelas

Re: Vuvuzelas

Re: Vuvuzelas

Re: Vuvuzelas

Re: Vuvuzelas

Re: Vuvuzelas

Re: Vuvuzelas

Re: Vuvuzelas

Re: Vuvuzelas

Re: Vuvuzelas

Re: Vuvuzelas

Re: Vuvuzelas

Re: Vuvuzelas

Re: Vuvuzelas