Whats a Vuvuzela?

By far the world's most annoying instrument,The Vuvuzela has given many soccer (football for you die hards) fans head aches, permanent hearing loss, and a hatred for any form of competition where a large crowd may gather. The vuvuzela has been the subject of controversy, with a sound pressure of 120 dB which is the threshold of pain, at one meter from the bell. In response to the controversy, a new model has a modified mouthpiece that reduces the volume by 20 dB.

In response to criticism of the horn's use, President of FIFA Sepp Blatter commented, "I have always said that Africa has a different rhythm, a different sound. I don't see banning the music traditions of fans in their own country. Would you want to see a ban on the fan traditions in your country?"

On June 19, 2010 at a Major League Baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and Florida Marlins at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Florida, the first 15,000 fans were given miniature vuvuzelas as part of a promotion.

Personally I find the horn to be rather interesting. If I were to watch a soccer game and not hear the horn I would feel like my experience in somehow incomplete. Its like going to a baseball game and singing Take Me Out To The Ball Game.

I personally would like to see more vuvuzelas pop up more places where people gather. What would happen if we brought them into our staff meetings, company picnics, town hall meetings, and our places of worship? What if instead of clapping after a worship song when the worship leader says, "lets give Him some praise" we all took out our vuvuzelas and played those as loud as we could? I for one am totally into the idea!