she shoots, she scores

The Offside Rule (as stolen from The Times)

Imagine yourself out shopping - you find some shoes you really want and you are desperate to buy them. There's a catch: in order to buy them you must place yourself at exactly the right place in the queue - with one person between you and the sales assistant making the transaction. Think of the person in front of you as a defender from the other team and the sales assistant as the goalie. If you can pay for your shoes over the head of or around the side of the customer in front of you - you can have the shoes/score the goal. If you get to the front of the queue without managing this, you cannot buy those shoes/your goal is disallowed in spite of the fact that the shoes are on the counter/in the goal.

Apparently, being in an offside position is not an offence in itself, but then come to think of it, neither is buying shoes.

SOCCEROOS THROUGH TO THE 1ST ROUND - IT'S A WORLD GONE (PLEASANTLY) MAD!!!