Soon…ish, you will spontaneously begin to care about a sport you barely notice and will probably continue to barely notice as soon as the U.S. starts to do poorly.
I bring it up because this week, the instrument of audible torture was unveiled this week. You may recall, or possibly actually still be hearing, the infamous vuvuzela of 2010.
To the uninformed viewer it may have simply appeared that South Africa was being attacked by a swarm of really noisy mosquitos. In reality the enthusiasm of their fans could not be expressed solely through the power of their own voices. Thus, the plastic nightmare was introduced to the rest of the world, and consequently much of the World Cup was watched on mute.
This time around the host country, Brazil, has already introduced its noisemaker just for the occasion (wasn’t that thoughtful?). I give you the caxirolas. It’s a tiny percussion instrument that sounds similar to a rainstick.
On its own I’m sure it’s quite soothing. En masse, we’ll see. Upon first glance I can only think of 4 ways these could end badly…but I have a whole year to come up with more. Something to look forward to.
See you in June…next year…
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TIME: Caxirolas: The Vuvuzelas of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil
…bi-daily smile…