It's simple really....
PRACTICE forced landings - choose a field so as not to break rule 5, annoy people, and end up with your flying career ended before it even started.
REAL forced landings - put it down anywhere appropriate in order to survive (and save the aircraft, though that's a non-essential bonus). Or as the nice man at the CAA Safety Evenings says: "Hit the softest thing you can find at the lowest possible speed".
I heard once of someone who had engine failure over New York, and glided under control through an office window, taking off the aircraft wings but landing safely, and with only minor injuries. Don't know if it's true or not. Would certain brighten up a bored office worker's day though, wouldn't it?
