Because time was always running out.
I nominate Chris Rock's Never Scared.
Tink about it. Gai lan, gai lan... gai lan, gai lan, and gai lan. (thanks to Chapelle show skit((making the band)))
They ran out of juice!
You can only 'ran' it's past tents.
They go back four seconds.
There's already a clock on the stove
Because he "pulled a few strings"!
They exchange cell numbers.