Pain is inevitable but misery is an option.
Only the end of the world is the end of the world.
The only things you have to do are die and pay taxes (helpful when the alkie is trying to get you to do something NOW, dammit) which leads to...
An emergency on your part doesn't constitute a crisis on mine.
PurpleSquirrel, you would try to think your way out of a burning building. Who cares why it is burning - just get out! (for those who overanalyze everyhing - sometimes it is just better to leave the situation and worry about the why of it later)