It's a lot easier to ask for help when you already know there is no way in hell for you to do whatever yourself. Amazing how that works.

Perhaps the saying should be, Necessity is the mother of humility.

"Rub some dirt on it" My father said that often to me and my brother and our minor wounds.

You got dirt?! :D :D

I think it is important to see how different people react to these kinds of events. To see who panics and who thinks it through.