Originally Posted by
John Carr
"a phone call is cheaper than a divorce........"
Sigh........now you TRULY are showing your newness/naivete. It's an OLD joke.
Just like when you're flying with a guy that lives around the airport, the flight path is over his house off. He points to his house and then says "I live in that house right th......WAIT, WHO'S TRUCK IS THAT IN MY DRIVEWAY!!!!!!!"
HE'S JOKING.
I'm aware it's an old joke, it runs in the mil as well, I've used it hundreds of times. Which is why I added the anecdote.