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The Bar => The Lounge => Topic started by: BlueStateSaint on June 19, 2010, 10:43:14 AM
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I don't know if this belongs in Sports, GD, or here (or Mind Numbing Stupidity). So, it'll go here . . .
The dreaded vuvuzela claims its first victim: Woman bursts her windpipe 'by blowing too hard'
By Mail Foreign Service
Last updated at 4:24 PM on 18th June 2010
Insurance saleswoman Yvonne Mayer, 29, was unable to speak or eat for two days after ripping her windpipe when she blew the three foot horn during a street party in Cape Town.
The next day shocked doctors diagnosed her with a ruptured throat and ordered her to rest it completely to allow it to heal.
The bizarre injury is the first known vuvuzela-related accident since the World Cup kicked off last week.
Yvonne, from Cape Town, said: 'I had never blown a vuvuzela before but was given one at work and was going to watch the first South Africa match so thought I'd take it along.
'I was walking towards the Fan Park in Cape Town and blowing it as hard as I could when suddenly my throat started to hurt.
I could see the words "justifiable homicide" being used about people who've had enough of these damn things.
The rest, and the link was supplied by the Daily Mail site . . .
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1287631/The-dreaded-vuvuzela-claims-victim-Woman-bursts-windpipe-blowing-hard.html#ixzz0rJXNBUyK
ETA: Let the jokes fly!
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Karma! :lmao:
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And you'd think the ****ing Florida Marlins would know better . . .
Teams hope buzz taken out of gamesEmail Print Comments34 Associated Press
MIAMI -- When Florida Marlins outfielder Cody Ross arrived for work Sunday morning, he grabbed a bright yellow vuvuzela from his locker and sent noise blaring through the Marlins' clubhouse.
One day after horngate, the Marlins could laugh about it. A little bit, anyway.
Saturday's 9-8, 11-inning loss to the Tampa Bay Rays will be remembered for the overwhelming din created by 15,000 air horns distributed to fans in World Cup-themed giveaway, as well as the possibility that the noise caused confusion between Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez and plate umpire Lance Barksdale -- who got their signals crossed on what became a costly botched lineup change in the ninth.
Still, Marlins president David Samson beamed over the promotion, pronouncing it a clear success.
"It was absolutely outstanding," Samson said Sunday. "I got two e-mails from older people and we moved their seats because it was loud. To give you an idea, that is the least number of e-mails for things that go on during the course of a game that you could possibly have."
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5308205
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Who needs vuvuzelas when we have NASA (http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,45509.0.html)?