WHO SAID FOOTBALLERS AREN'T INTELLIGENT?
Those footballers mentioned are probably blowing those b****y horns when
they're not playing! Sainsburys has got the monopoly on selling them here
(much to my disgust - they used to be a quality retailer). I'd intended to
buy what they had left in stock when I went shopping this morning and burn
them (it would have been a good investment), but they only had one and
burning just one isn't going to make a lot of difference. I have to admit
that there have only been a few blown where I live because they are mainly
over 50.
I was really looking forward to watching the World Cup, but during the first
televised match I was driven mad by the constant loud, droning buzzing of
bees, as many people here have. It blotted out the chants, the singing and
roars of the crowd so there was no atmosphere to the extent that when a goal
was scored, if you weren't actually looking at the screen at the time you
wouldn't have known. Switched off after 10 minutes as I couldn't stand any
more of it, and, reading some of the forums on the subject, that's what a
lot of people have been doing. Since then, I've been watched with the sound
muted until the South African organisers repositioned and muted the
microphones and the BBC sorted it out a bit more - now it just bearable. The
matches on ITV are still unwatchable - well unlistenable to really. There
are several campaigns on the web to have them banned and complaints have
been made from as far apart as Venezuela and Bhutan. Some have said it's
just westerners who are complaining, and I suppose those two countries are
western - if you go far enough west.
At least Wimbledon has banned them along with flags, so the atmosphere will
be created by voices.
I'm waiting for the first report of someone here being treated in hospital
having had one rammed into a orifice it's not intended for.
That's got that off my chest.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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