Cant speak for the rest of you, but I have come to a personal conclusion that most people (myself included) are a hell of a lot braver about things like bear encounters etc., when they are home safe and sound.

"The day I went to work everybody showed up to watch Johnny Luster work. Well, they had a wheelbarrow there, and said I was to push that thing around all day. I looked at it, then turned around and headed for the mountians..."