From South Africa, a non-passive-aggressive weekend bonus note!
I wouldn’t be surprised if this sign — from Cheetah rehab center near Capetown — was only posted after the recent demise of some hapless Darwin Award candidate. (One who thought blasting one of the most irritating sounds on earth in the face of a large predatory cat was a good idea.)
![Please refrain from blowing vuvuzela's [sic] in or around Cheetah Outreach Facility. Kind Regards, Management](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4101/4747882700_04352874ff.jpg "Please refrain from blowing vuvuzela's [sic] in or around Cheetah Outreach Facility. Kind Regards, Management")
43 responses so far ↓
#1
park rose
Spain or Germany? Nertherlands or Uruguay? Drunken soccer lout or cheetah? Step right up. Cast your votes. Put a thumb next to your choice.
Jul 3, 2010 at 4:29 pm rating: 9
#2
Patrick1980SC
Which item belonging to vuvuzela has one been blowing? Depending on the item, the cheetahs might enjoy the show.
Jul 3, 2010 at 4:42 pm rating: 6
#3
cunning linguist
I think that kind of blatant sexual activity should be kept out of public places altogether.
Jul 3, 2010 at 4:43 pm rating: 9
#4
DuckSOS
I thought it said “managemeat” at the bottom, which was much funnier.
Jul 3, 2010 at 5:02 pm rating: 13
#5
sw
How is this PA?
Jul 3, 2010 at 5:13 pm rating: 2
#6
Laguna Beach Trad
The only thing worse than the din of vuvuzelas is the sound of obese Americans at a baseball, basketball, or football game. Angry hippo-beasts demanding food.
Germany World Cup 2010 !!!
Jul 3, 2010 at 5:16 pm rating: 2
#7
Grimfool Reluctant
No vuvuzelatio near the … wait a sec, what the heck is a Cheetah Outreach program?
Jul 3, 2010 at 5:46 pm rating: 6
#8
Nack
Ah, yes. The sign should’ve said, “Please blow your vuvuzela, we would love the snack.”
Kind of like the moron who decided it would be fun to taunt the female tiger in California….
I think it’s perfectly acceptable. Cats love loud, annoying noises, it’s a historical fact! And we can use less of those horn-tooting morons around. It’s a win-win!
Jul 3, 2010 at 8:09 pm rating: 7
#9
Laguna Beach Trad
If you think the vuvuzelas are bad, try taking a walk through any American city and you will be assaulted by the atrocious sounds of the urban third world. And you don’t even have to go to South Africa!
Jul 3, 2010 at 9:50 pm rating: 1
#10
Laguna Beach Trad
The sound of vuvuzelas is nothing compared to the sound of 20,000 fat Americans at a football game munching hot dogs, guzzling beer, and screaming obscenities at one another.
Not to mention, the American propensity to riot. If American fans lose, they riot. If they win, they riot. Case in point, the recent basketball tournament in Los Angeles. WTF?!
Jul 3, 2010 at 9:55 pm rating: 2
#11
park rose
I can imagine this as a Diana Ross vs Drunken Soccer Lout-part-time railway worker mash-up:
Diana has the leopards well placated, flicking their bic lighters at the appropriate times as they sway as gently as the Savannah breeze licking at their fur.
Reach out and TOUCH, somebody’s hand . . .
Corky (because, after all, who is actually a hard-working railway man nowadays?) stumbles along bellowing -
Diana ups it, because you don’t mess with a diva.
Make this world a better place, if you can. Just try . . ..
Corky trips over his own feet again, miraculously not spilling a drop from his can of beer, which is delicately held between thumb and middle finger – pinky cocked into the air like a big cat sniffing the air for prey, and he continues his ditty. He synchronises with belches and farts
There, one cheetah’s tail twitches, and then another. The flames from the lighters are no longer quite so captivating as they once were.
Reach out and TOUCH, somebody’s hand, Mak…
Nobody is saying quite what happened next, except it drew quiet, and, well, something, somewhere out there, at the Cheetah outreach facility, made the world a better place. Poor Corky, steadfast and true, faithful to the art of pure idiocy to the gruesome end.
As for Diana – well she was always big in the Cape.
*The sign was probably posted a while ago.
Jul 3, 2010 at 11:52 pm rating: 2
#12
Andrew Rivers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqv4Vviod0c
Dog vs Vuvuzela
Jul 4, 2010 at 1:35 am rating: 2
#13
Vaunski
It’s Cape Town, btw
These signs are everywhere here. The world seems to think we all love them – but really, vuvuzelas should be kept to stadiums and viewing areas such as bars and fan parks. The fact is that there are lots of signs like these around – work buildings, housing complexes, restaurants, etc.
This is probably the best one I’ve seen, though!
Jul 5, 2010 at 8:25 am rating: 1
#14
Amedee
Actually… the cheetah is not a “great cat”, despite its size. It is the largest of the “small cats”. It has a very low genetic relationship with all the other great cats (lions, tigers,…). It splitted from the ancestral cat tree about 5 million years ago, while the common ancester for lions and tigers lived about 3-4 million years ago.
A cheetah can purr while inhaling, just like your house cat (a great cat like a lion can only purr while exhaling) but a cheetah can’t roar.
Jul 5, 2010 at 10:16 am rating: 1
#15
The Elf
Whenever I see the word “vuvuzela”, I always mistakenly read it as “vulva”. I don’t know why, as I’ve never heard of a vulva making that kind of noise. This has caused many misunderstandings. But if the South African offender has the same problem that I do, it suddenly becomes understandable why they blew the vuvuzela around the big cats.
Jul 6, 2010 at 11:45 am rating: 1
#16
Blah
I’ve actually been to the place where that sign was posted. The cheetahs are actually pretty calm but I can see how vuvuzelas could change that.
Jul 7, 2010 at 2:06 pm rating: 1
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