marvelouscity

Brian Henson, talking about Jim Henson and the Muppets, mentioned that getting out of being stuck often took the form of eating something, blowing something up, or throwing penguins. Sometimes I do blow things up in a narrative, but I usually use "throwing penguins" to mean any kind of situation where I just have to go "Look over there! A distraction!" and proceed with the narrative as if I didn't try to distract the reader.