"You can say 'my life may be in a complete shambles, but at least I'm not trapped in a car with my little boy by a rabid St Bernard dying of thirst.' And other things in a similar vein."
"Um," Q scratches his head. "Will it turn orange?" he asks Severus.
Q shoots him a suspicious glance. "Parallel dimensions again?"
"Are you implying that he isn't Severus?" Q's voice is cool.
*whew* That's a relief actually. I thought I had totally missed something. I've got a couple of ideas that I've cobbled together from various books (hence the 'orange' question). I'll just go with those, since it won't matter if he's wrong.