Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I purchased this product as part of a home-administered hearing test I wanted to perform on my wife and dog. Neither of them seemed to listen to a word I said; I could yammer on until I was blue in the uvula, with no response. Nothing but blank stares. So I decided to find out whether they'd actually gone clinically deaf or had just learned to tune me out, by making a series of loud and annoying noises and monitoring their responses. If three weeks of South African sport taught us anything, it's that soccer is approximately as action-packed as a first date with an Amish chick -- and that these vuvuzela things are really, REALLY annoying. Perfect for my experiment. Or so I thought. I started with the dog, waiting until she was asleep to sneak up behind her and give a good blast on the horn. What happened next is kind of a blur, but the encounter ended with a long trail of dog urine leading into the hall closet, from where the mutt wouldn't come out for the next three days. Apparently, these vuvuzelas are capable of hitting the fabled 'yellow note', at least in mutts. I'm no scientist, but I think it's safe to say that the pooch can definitely still hear sounds in the 'amplified hippopotamus fart' audio range. Now all I have to do is train a flatulent hippo to command her to 'sit', 'stay' and 'get out of the stupid closet; I need my umbrella', and we're back on track. After some thought, I decided not to test my wife's hearing with this product, mostly because I don't want to deal with another mess. She sleeps on our bed -- and there's no telling where her pee trail would lead. Probably to a divorce lawyer.