You’ve just got to love my readers.

King Solomon’s readers brought their red, white and blue face paint to Saturday’s Texans-Bengals football game, Fuel Fix readers brought their suite tickets and MeMo readers brought their binkies. So what did my readers bring? Sound-level meters.

Reader Alisonymous sent Mr. Alisonymous to the game with a portable sound meter, noting to me:

“I don’t attend those games with him for a variety of reasons, one of which is that I think it’s bat-sh*t crazy to risk inducing hearing loss for the sake of what I personally consider to be mindless entertainment.”

I disagree with that, but I’m glad her hubby brought a sound meter. Below is a picture he took during one of the persistent maximum sound level readings at Saturday afternoon’s game:

That’s 118.3 decibels. Just how loud is this? It’s above the level of sandblasting and a loud rock concert, and just beneath the level at which pain begins.

The level also exceeds safety levels specified by the Occupational Safety & Health Administration. The federal organization says a workplace is unsafe if employees are exposed to levels of 115 decibels for more than 15 minutes a day.

I guess this made Reliant Stadium a hazardous workplace for the Bengals offense on Saturday.

Don’t know about you, but I have no problem with that.