I don't find the vuvuzelas too annoying - I can ignore them after a while. Perhaps it's my inner African . . . but I will admit that I dreamt of bees last night after watching Germany lose to Serbia and the USA draw with Slovenia. This is shaping up to be a very interesting World Cup - a lot of strange decisions from the referees, and a lot of champion teams failing to live up to expectations. What were the Germans doing, losing like that?

And if the Germans looked like amateurs against Serbia, and looked like professionals against Australia, what does that make us? The CWA Sunday Picnic Football Association? Are we really right to blame our coach, or are we just out of our league?

Severin, "I haven't watched any of it."

Then you are unaware that the only show of religious fervour was the Muslim goalie who prayed in his goal square.

Can anyone cite an example of player of other denominations praying on the field?

However the Australian team does need to pray for some urgent 'skilled' migration from Brazil, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, England, Argentina and France. We could house any soccer playing refugees from those countries at the Australian Institute of Sport. Hold on, no-one would move to Canberra, better make that the new Institute of Sport to be built in a any of the mid western or coastal towns in Northern NSW.

The previous IAS in Bruce in Canberra is needed for an ever expanding bureaucracy and could be the home of desk shuttle cock, pocket billiards, follow the leader, conga lines, duck shoving, daisy rings, B&D and other diversions popularly played in Australia's capital. Just think, an international bureaucratic games some day and even slower with more appeals and dives than soccer!

Cornflower

Were you too preoccupied pulling wings off flies the day they handed out a sense of humour?

Have to admit, though, love the way you worked in an Islam snipe. Now if only you could turn your power of sniping to good instead of whatever it is you do.

Serverin,

True, I thought it was funny in an odd sort of way that you could comment on something you had not seen.

Apart from the Muslim fellow praying in his own goal mouth, have you managed to find any player doing anything that could be construed as religious observation? - Since you are convinced there were some of your hated 'Christians' somewhere about.

Time you put a night light under your bed to scare Christians away.

Dear oh dear, Cornflower.

Are you always miserable?

Heh, heh, said the needy C J, always desperate for some recognition in the form of a 'Hi ya CJ' or 'High fives'.