Sometimes my mother comes downstairs when I'm working and interrupts me. She doesn't understand the whole computer thing and thinks I should get a job. She doesn't appreciate that I'm a very successful real-estate broker in Second Life and thinks that I just sit around playing games all day. Needless to say it can be very distracting having her yell at me that I should get a job when I'm trying to close real estate deals so I've come up with the following Jedi Mind Trick to get rid of her. I say to her "Would you rather I was in Jail?".
This works every time.