This week’s Comment of the Week Award is shared. Two ladies wrote with such truth and passion that I couldn’t decide between them. Their comments were on the same post – There’s Always A Silver Lining – about vuvuzelas.
Congratulations theonlycin 
and Granny 1947!
Cindy’s comment: They’re the soundtrack in Hades
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Remember last year’s World Cup and the demon vuvuzelas? Like a million bored bees hammering on your window? My Mum used to make the same noise as a child – well, not so much child, as nineteen year old mother. When she wanted something and Nan had said ‘no’ (she was a nineteen year old mother living at home and children respected their parents in ye olden dayes), she would shuffle along behind Nan, not quite touching her, and say, Nnnnnnn-nnnnnn-nnnnn-nnnnnnn-nnnnn-nnnnnn-nnnnnn-nnnnn until Nan got fed up and gave in.
But that’s beside the point. My point is, every time we sat down to watch a game, we all wanted to beat vuvuzela blowers about the head and other places with the sharp end of their instruments. Because they are the most annoying things on the planet; and I say that as the mother of two sons.
But I read a happy story today, sort of: vuvuzela noise saved three lives in Soweto. From the Johannesburg Star:
A Soweto family believe the sound of vuvuzelas blown by their neighbours saved them from death when their house caught alight. […] Johanna Matswi, 59, said she was asleep with her daughter Thelma, 21, and her three-month-old baby at about 5am yesterday when they were awoken by the sound of blaring vuvuzelas, loud screams and the crackling sound of fire.
It wasn’t all good news: the neighbours blew the vuvuzelas because the emergency services didn’t respond. Hooray for football fans.
For another good news story, visit Mangetout today.
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I am a little fat. I like food; what can I say? I have dull hair: mousey. I don’t wear much make-up and have no need of a dressing table. If I look like a bag lady, I chose my own clothes. If I look nice, the Hub picked them for me. Despite all this, I am a little vain. This photograph is from 2003. I had to go back that far to find one of me that I liked. But I don’t really care: my husband still thinks I’m beautiful and if he doesn’t, he loves me enough to lie about it. I’m lucky. I have two boys. They never lie to me. Still, you can't have everything.
The Laughing Housewife 
Granny’s comment: Whoever invented the damn things should spend eternity listening to them!
A worthy runner-up was gigihawaii
who accidentally invited the vuvuzela-hating community to come live with her:
I have never seen such horns much less heard them. No such thing in Hawaii.
Well done, you sensible people! Here are your awards: