Vuvuzela

Banned from Aussie cricket grounds a few years ago, like swarm of bees, cultural icon, loud plastic trumpet, potential deafness risk... cal it what you will, the vuvuzela will certainly define the '2010 FIFA World Cup'!!

There have been lots of calls for them to be banned but to be fair, this far away watching TV in the middle of the night, they actually help keep the viewer awake!! as well as their near neighbours. I swear its the actual sound you can hear too, not from the TV!!

When they were popular here in Oz at the cricket I kept looking on the ticketing website for the vuvuzela yes/no tick box because I was sure missing that is why I came to be always sitting right in front of some buffoon blowing one of them. How fitting they are part of South African footballing culture!!

Still it's only soccer!!