Trooping the colours in London, punishing the colonies in South Africa.
Well, maybe no colony punishing, but the Queen nevertheless was amused.
Oooh, and bad atmosphere transported from the stadions. These #§6?% vuvuzelas kill everything. The teams play good, and you hear HUMMMM, and they play bad and you hear the same HUMMMM and the goal is not achieved and the HUMMMM continues and the goal is scored and it is the same HUMMMM. I like the pics of the local people celebrating in the streets, looks all nice to me, but these vuvuzelas are the worst piece of crap I have ever seen or heared in sports. Not because it is noisy, but because it just is one constant, monotone, indifferentiating, neverchnaging sound, no matter the action. You can hear nothing about how the match is going.
They should have forbidden private vuvuzelas, and distribute let's say 20% of the currently seen ammounts directly at the stadium entries. That way the locals can have their thing, but the monotony that kills atmosphere and difference in the Tv accoustics would be toned down. After all, the big money is not made with ticket sales, but TV rights. For every single visitor in the stadium there are 35-50 thousand people in the world sitting by the TV or radio.
Germany versus Aussieland this evening. I hope there will be a good, courageous referee on duty, just in case the Aussies turn out to mistake football with rugby or free style fighting. They are said to have a reputation for that, and we already have had team losses enough due to injuries during tournament preparation.