I ran away from the hospital, it was time to go. My friend asked me, "Why did you run away from the hospital, right before the surgery?"
"I was scared," I replied.
"Why?"
"The nurse kept saying, 'Don't worry, be courageous, it is only a small operation, nothing will happen, it will take hardly 30 minutes, and so on."
"The nurse was right, she was encouraging you, that's all," replied my friend.
"Nonsense!" I began, "She was not talking to me, she was talking to the doctor!"
Q: What do you have if you hold 13 tennis balls in one hand and 15 tennis balls in the other hand?
A: REALLY big hands!
ME: "Excuse me, sir, could you help me? I'm trying to take this llama to the capital of Pakistan.
SIR: "Islamabad?"
ME: "Oh no, not at all. This is a good llama."
Keep a very firm grasp on reality...
That way you can strangle it at any time.