Well, I'm just as twisted I guess because I found both of those amusing. "Fell asleep at the reins" is what got me.

Reminds me of a story that came out a few years ago about a group of people watching a mime in the park...guy suffers a major coronary and drops dead, clutching his chest, gasping, the whole bit, and no one did anything about it because they thought it was part of his act...I'm just sick enough that I found that funny, also.