when in doubt

way back when, in the olden days, when i did solo hikes, i found myself once challenged by the challenge of how many phrases i could construct that began with "when in doubt" and ended in a meaningful, rhyming suggestion for how to deal with doubt. this endeavour was inspired, no doubt, by a breakfast-time encounter with spoilt milk, which surely (i'm speculating here, because my memory isn't that sharp) would have brought to mind the maxim: when in doubt, throw it out.

here are some of the others that i came up with:
when in doubt, scream and shout
when in doubt, flail about
when in doubt, frown and pout

and so on

but of course, it wasn't until this very afternoon when i came up with the most useful remedy of all:

when in doubt, drink my stout