I tend to have a 'shoot the hostage' attitude toward a lot of things.

When someone holds something against you, one simply takes the ransomed object out of the picture. 

Then what do they do?

It's like the old goat down the street threatening to call the police on me. I shut him up simply by calling them for him.

When the issue was settled he felt pretty stupid and will likely leave me alone the next time. 

To find out why the blog is pink just cut and paste this: http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-feminine-side-blog-stays-pink.html NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF TODAY'S ESSAY