So, should all GAA fans buy one?

Flukey

Sales of them are rocketing around the world, and they are sure to really feature in GAA grounds as the summer goes on. So will you be buying what we GAA people should probably call "An Bhúbhúséla"? Personally, I won't be, but I presume some here will, if they have not already done so.

looder

Flukey wrote: »

Sales of them are rocketing around the world, and they are sure to really feature in GAA grounds as the summer goes on. So will you be buying what we GAA people should probably call "An Bhúbhúséla"? Personally, I won't be, but I presume some here will, if they have not already done so.

I won't lie, if I'm standing beside someone blowing one of them at a hurling match (no matter if it's man, woman or child) and they don't stop when I ask them too, I will proceed in sticking it where the sun doesn't shine.

The sooner they are banned from all sporting grounds, the better.

dora

Heard the Gaa are banning them:)

delta_bravo

No unlike the Fifa world cup games, GAA matches have an atmosphere and crowd noise due to being able to hear the crowd. Should never be allowed into stadia

Stinicker

delta_bravo wrote: »

No unlike the Fifa world cup games, GAA matches have an atmosphere and crowd noise due to being able to hear the crowd. Should never be allowed into stadia

Yeah and the thing I especially like is we don't have to sit down for a whole 90 minutes without perhaps ever witnessing a score. How can people enjoy soccer as a sport, I wish Ireland had colonised the World then we'd be watching Ireland captained by Paul Galvin lifting the World Cup instead.

Fandango

I too would give a solid slap to anyone attacking my ear with one of them! I, as im sure many others here, am a big soccer fan also but in a world cup, a bad game can be made ok with the good old world cup crowd atmosphere. Ive changed from games too many times to count this year cos the match was sh*te and those feckin horns were deafening me!

Pride Fighter

I would not mind tbh. I remember years ago late 90's early 2000's the huge roar of air-horns after every score. I thought it added to the atmosphere back then. If the vuvuzela's where used sparingly after a score I would not mind, but the constant noise would do my head in and I'd not be happy.

DundalkDuffman

Stinicker wrote: »

I wish Ireland had colonised the World then we'd be watching Ireland captained by Paul Galvin lifting the World Cup instead.

Assuming he wasn't serving yet another suspension

Barname

I have found a humanitarian alternate use for said instrument of torture

suppository delivery system

anyone caught within earshot of me using one will be prepared for suppositories with booting of said instrument

patmac

Whether or not I will tolerate them, will depend entirely on the size of the person the thing is attached to at the time.

Live4Ever

patmac wrote: »

Whether or not I will tolerate them, will depend entirely on the size of the person the thing is attached to at the time.

Haha, snap! You can bet there will be plenty of blow in dublin fans with them after the world cup is over!

Flukey

They'll be making an appearance, we can be sure of that. The horns that we already have at matches, as well as people blowing whistles are very annoying. Whistles should not be allowed, for the obvious reasons when it comes to people and players thinking it could be the referee. A big group of bhúbhúsélas will be just as annoying if you are close to them. The GAA have said they are banning them, but you can be sure they'll get in, as other banned items do. A lot of people will run the risk of wearing them in some part of their anatomy if they do try to blow them. We shall see what happens.

Minstrel27

Flukey wrote: »

A lot of people will run the risk of wearing them in some part of their anatomy if they do try to blow them. We shall see what happens.

They should be arrested and charged with assault if caught blowing one.

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/06/16/vuvuzelas-can-cause-deafness-and-disease-experts-warn/

Link wrote:

More than just a challenge for the ears of soccer fans around the world, the ubiquitous vuvuzela horns might also pose significant health risks to stadium spectators at the World Cup.

Experts are warning that the sheer decibels of the vuvuzelas -- at 127, they're louder than a chainsaw -- leave soccer watchers in danger of permanent hearing loss, the Wall Street Journal is reporting.

Surprisingly, though, hearing problems aren't even the biggest risk.

Instead, the sprayed spittle from thousands of spectators, all blowing into their vuvuzelas, could spread the common cold, chicken pox and even tuberculosis and SARS.

"We measured what happens when healthy people blow the vuvuzela and were astonished at the number of aerosols formed," Ruth McNerney of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine told the Journal. "If someone with a chest or throat infection uses the vuvuzela in a crowded place then they could spread the infection to people around them."

And among South Africans, the vuvuzelas might also pose a threat to physical safety. The horns are being blared, day and night, at workplaces, from cars and on sidewalks -- apparently causing arguments and fist fights among locals.

thirdmantackle

The GAA are after banning them from grounds

Vuvuzelas banned from Croker
It's a thumbs down for the vuvuzela's at Croke Park


The GAA has banned vuvuzelas from Croke Park following the controversy surrounding the noisy horns at the World Cup.

GAA spokesman Alan Milton said the plastic trumpets - which have proved highly irritating and annoying for soccer fans this summer - would be taken from fans attending Croke Park.

"It is impossible to say how popular they are going to be, they are not a traditional Irish instrument. But we will not be encouraging their use in Croke Park," he said.

"They will be taken from people if seen on the way in. It will be hard to ensure none get into the stadium, but if somebody alerts stewards in the stadium, we will go and take them away."

He added: "Patrons pay in to see the game. We think it is unfair to people to have to sit beside a trumpet blowing in your ears for 70 minutes."

Oh_Noes

Can they also ban people from talking and cheering too? I don't like that.

This kind of stuff makes me ashamed to be Irish.

yerayeah

Oh_Noes wrote: »

Can they also ban people from talking and cheering too? I don't like that.

This kind of stuff makes me ashamed to be Irish.

Why does it make you ashamed to be Irish (assuming you're not being sarcastic)?

Tickets to intercounty games can be expensive enough, you shouldn't have to endure an entire game listening to what the majority of people find a very irritating sound!! Anyway, air horns are already banned, so vuvuzelas were hardly going to be allowed...

Oh_Noes

Ashamed at how organizations like the GAA and the Irish government just ban things based on knee-jerk public reactions. Are there going to be stewards running around the 85000 people in croker saying "who blew that horn?" Laughable.

Minstrel27

Oh_Noes wrote: »

Ashamed at how organizations like the GAA and the Irish government just ban things based on knee-jerk public reactions. Are there going to be stewards running around the 85000 people in croker saying "who blew that horn?" Laughable.

The horns will be confiscasted when entering Croke Park. There wont be stewards running around saying who blew that horn. I am assuming that you have never heard one of these vuvuzelas being blown in all their glory.

I applaud the GAA on taking this action. Knee jerk reaction? That's funny.

Barname

Oh_Noes wrote: »

Ashamed at how organizations like the GAA and the Irish government just ban things based on knee-jerk public reactions. Are there going to be stewards running around the 85000 people in croker saying "who blew that horn?" Laughable.

/....... Oh_Noes suddenly realises its gonna be alot more difficult to shift his container load of plastic traditional noise makers...

Minstrel27

Get yer vuvuzelas, scarves and headbands

patmac

Minstrel27 wrote: »

Get yer vuvuzelas, scarves and headbands

Sorry I can't hear you what did you say again?