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From: Nekar Xenos
Date: 6 Jul 2010 01:56:28
Message: <op.vfeqryqdufxv4h@go-dynamite>
On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:34:13 +0200, clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wro
te:

> Am 05.07.2010 20:08, schrieb Alain:
>
>>> No, some-one is blowing a vuvuzela in the room...
>>>
>>
>> Do you mean a HOCKEY horn?
>> At least, it images I got from a search for "vuvuzela" look exactly l
ike
>> a hockey horn. For a time, I though that it was the name of some Foot

>> rising star.
>
> Strangely enough, the term "hockey horn" seems pretty unknown for this
  

> instrument. Google finds a lot more references for the term apparently
  

> referring to a device installed in the arena and sounded when a goal i
s  

> scored.
>
>> I agree that they are loud, but not THAT loud...
>>
>> Been around forever in my area. Born and raised in the backyard of th
e

from
>> atom to profesional, without at least one in the arena.
>
> One?
>
> Lucky bastards. In the South African soccer arenas, "one" appears to b
e  

> the average number /per person/ (with the arenas having about twice or
  

> thrice the capacity of the Centre Bell). And they just... won't... sto
p.
>
> (And yes, they _are_ pretty loud in the hands of someone who knows how
  

> to play them properly.)

They are much louder than a cars hooter or even a trucks hooter....

-Nekar Xenos-


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