Sobriety Under Fire

My first reaction to the Gulf War" was: "I don't want to see this movie. I've lived long enough and I'm tired." I actually said half-kiddingly to the lady I've been living with for the last eight years, "I'm not worried; I'll just die of a heart attack when it starts." Her not-at-all-kidding comeback was: "You wouldn't do that to me, would you? Leave me alone with a corpse? What would I do with you?"