Irony is the Shackles of Youth

For all those people more experience with power tools (I prefer manual for the most part), what do you do when your electric drill gets stuck in the "on" position? I had this happen tonight while I was working with some wood. It was plugged into the wall and the on switch got stuck. there is no off switch on this thing. There was no where I could set it down without fear of it drilling through the floor or something so I could unplug the thing. I just had to fiddle with the switch until it came unstuck. Since I imagine this is not the proper thing to do, what is the proper thing?

For those wondering what I was doing with an electric drill, I was constructing a simple frame loom so I could try my hand and some simple weaving. At least I managed to get some of construction done tonight. My next stop is Michael's where I need to pick up some dowel rods, balsa wood, and string.