Share 'Uh, pardon me but Happy New Year'

I was sitting on the back porch having a cup of coffee and watching the rain fall and thinking how peaceful the world seemed when I had a thought enter my head. Could be a good thing, could be a bad thing, but I thought I would share it this morning.  I am bored, board, boared.  But then a siren broke the silence and I had another thought enter my head. Why do sirens have to wail? Why can't they…