- Turning it off and back on again.
- Going back into the other room and thinking what we wanted to come in here for.
- Club soda.
- Writing an apology for losing our temper, at least, since it is true to say we were wrong to do that.
- Trigonometric substitution.
- Offering it again, with a raisin as treat.
- Unplugging and replugging it.
- Putting “make to-do list” as the first item on the to-do list.
- Counting the seconds off.
- Putting a plastic ruler on top of the drawing tablet to make the reference lines.
- Drop-catching the pinball.
- Translating the sentence into Latin to see if its meaning is clear.
- Screaming into the pillow.
- Keeping a log of every time this happens so you can prove you aren’t imagining it.
- Dedicating 15 minutes a day to resolving e-mails until there’s only like a couple dozen in there.
- Jiggling the key.
- Putting both spellings into Google to see if one’s way more common than the other.
- Preemptively striking.
- Having a little tray on the endtable for all keys.
- Celery. Lots and lots of celery. All the celery.
Oh! But a slant rhyme, I bet that’s exactly what we need!