Just Another Option

by THX 0477

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When praying fails, there’s really only one option left: Panic.

Now, I don’t say this lightly. Telling someone to panic is like yelling, “Fire!” in a movie theater, only in the small scale. It’s irresponsible. It’s dangerous. And should only be done when you really, really mean it.

I mean it. Panic. You’ll feel better. That, or someone will feel compelled to slap you thus bringing you back to your senses. The slapping doesn’t always work, but I think it makes them feel better, like they’ve done something productive, well more productive than your panic.

Don’t get me wrong. The panic option is a last resort when all of your viable, reasonable options have proven to be in fact futile. Just go ahead and panic.

Here’s the trick though. Only panic for a very small amount of time. That instant of panic, the moment your mind says, “We’re screwed,” is the exact point the other part of your mind can answer, “Screw you! We haven’t tried this yet!” Necessity my butt, panic is the mother of invention.

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  1. Just Another Option

    YodaOnCrack's Buddy Icon YodaOnCrack

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Reminds me of the 4 F’s (Behaviors) – what were they again? Flight, Flee, Flow, and – doesn’t seem to me that the last F was panic….

    : P

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    SKermitgorf's Buddy Icon SKermitgorf

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Panic: my favorite option in a hairy situation lol humorous, next time i think of panicing, ill think of this ficlet, your writing skill, in this ficlet, is the reason i added you to contact so i can read what you write asap.

  3. Just Another Option

    Alexa ♥'s Buddy Icon Alexa ♥

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Skillfully hilarious.
    ~
    I’m especially thankful you put the blank spaces in between paragraphs. It made the piece easy to read.

  4. Just Another Option

    FlirtingWithaBrickWall's Buddy Icon FlirtingWithaBrickWall

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    youre crazy, lol.

    alexa- i didnt have spaces b/c i ran out of characters. my first draft had spaces. youll also notice im lacking in basic punctuation marks

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