wwcid (what would charles ingalls do)?

There's a technique I use to calm myself, when Gus is engaged in some wildly annoying and out-of-control behavior.

I stop. And I ask myself, what would Charles Ingalls do?

If faced with this very moment, what would Pa do?

Good Pa.

Kind, patient Pa.

Tender Pa.

God fearing, hard working, prone-to-tears-of-joy Pa.

What would Pa do?

 And the answer is always the same.

Pa would be trasnformed into an axe-swinging homicidal maniac.

I know he would.

And it makes me feel good.