Ouch... that reminds me of the following joke:
One day a dog named Scruffy was walking down the train tracks near his home. He heard a rumble, turned and saw the five o'clock coming his way. Scruffy ducked down as quickly as he could, but got his tail chopped clean off. The stunned dog turned to see how much damage had been done and the train decapatated him.
The moral of the story:
DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD OVER A LITTLE PIECE OF TAIL.
In this dog's case, I guess the moral should be DON'T LOSE YOUR TAIL (OR COMPLETER LOWER HALF FOR THAT MATTER) OVER A LITTLE HEAD