The BBC and other TV stations who broadcast World Cup games are receiving a flurry of complaints from viewers about that shitty horn, the vuvuzela, that's drowning out the tournament. Players are complaining too. Tournament officials are considering a ban.

Earlier today, sensing that the residents of his sleepy municipality might have been startled by the locust-like swarm of helicopters suddenly darkening the morning sky, West Hollywood Mayor Pro Tempore Jeff Prang issued a statement to his constituents aimed at soothing nerves frayed by the arrival of the noisy, airborne interlopers: