So a true story:
A cheeky cadet on a flight test during the forced approach excercise was reported to have this conversation with the examiner....
Examiner: (pulls throttle) "proceed with engine failure procedures"
Cadet: (sets a/c up for best glide, picks a landing site, plans approach, and proceeds with procedures) "we will land in that pasture just down on our left"
Examiner: "Do you think that large ditch running through the field will pose a hazard?"
Cadet: "For the purpose of the exercise we will pretend it is not there"
Examiner: "You can't just pretend it is not there!!"
Cadet: "Why not, we are pretending to do a forced landing"
He passed the exercise......