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It was nice in the clouds. But for the ear-splitting din. That terrible din. The sound of a horn resounding. Unrehearsed.<\/p>\n

An angel approached another.<\/p>\n

\u201cDid you blow the vuvuzela horn?\u201d asked the approaching angel.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot I!\u201d said the angel holding the vuvuzela horn.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know if the horn blows it\u2019s the beginning of the end.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHow well I know! It\u2019s a big thing to blow the horn. And you can\u2019t practice because you can\u2019t blow the horn. It\u2019s so<\/em> aggravating.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou blew the vuvuzela horn, didn\u2019t you?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI did not. All I\u2019m saying is, what will an unrehearsed horn do? No one really knows.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be the end of all things.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, it will be the beginning<\/em> of the end of all things. Who knows what form that will take?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI heard that horn blow.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re wasting a lot of time standing here arguing about who blew what.\u201d<\/p>\n

The approaching angel just stared at the other angel, who was still holding the horn.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the last time, I didn\u2019t blow it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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It was nice in the clouds. But for the ear-splitting din. That terrible din. The sound of a horn resounding. Unrehearsed. An angel approached another. \u201cDid you blow the vuvuzela horn?\u201d asked the approaching angel. \u201cNot I!\u201d said the angel holding the vuvuzela horn. \u201cYou know if the horn blows it\u2019s the beginning of the end.\u201d \u201cHow well I know! It\u2019s a big thing to blow the horn. And you can\u2019t practice because you can\u2019t blow the horn. It\u2019s so aggravating.\u201d \u201cYou blew the vuvuzela horn, didn\u2019t you?\u201d \u201cI did not. 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