...and if for some reason we want to launch more shuttles, we just have to piss off an alien race enough to invade. After all their ships have been cleaned up by debris, we will have a clear sky again.

While I was doing some postgrad, one of the guys I shared an office with brought his dog in every day.

I am not a dog person, but I soon learnt to deal with it. Great stress release playing catch with a dog.

Also a fantastic way to keep unwanted students out of your office :-)