Fire Drills and Penalty Shootouts

Am I the only person in the entire world who feels that one would rather die brutally and painfully in a fire...than be saved by a fire alarm?

They are noisy, loud, stupendously rude and satanic.

Maybe if someone somewhere could create a fire alarm which was a touch more gentle on the ears and a little more polite ('get out or you'll die...please), I would appreciate their intervention and protection of my safety.

In other news, Mark Schwarzer sent the Aussies to the World Cup singlehandedly (although Marco Bresciano, a very aussie name, would argue this fact). This means that, avoiding injury, Schwarz AND Viduka will be in the World Cup Finals next year!!! Two Boro players! Great!

The only issue I have with the Australians qualification is simple. Their inclusion in the world cup means that such huge footballing talent as Lucas Neill, John Aloisi, Harry 'Champion's League medal' Kewell, Brett Emerton and Tony Vidmar will be playing against the world's best teams (and Serbia & Montenegro) next year.

This is an outrage and should be stopped, but I'm secretly backing Tim Cahill to be the surprise star of the tournament...