I just got back from Afghanistan. The whole thing pretty much sucked, but my buddies and I stay in touch. It turns out my wife is blonde, and maybe not the sharpest knife in the drawer, so they razz me with their favorite jokes:

Q: What would you do if a blonde threw a hand grenade right at you?
A: You’d pull the pin and throw it back.

Q: What do you do when a blonde throws a pin at you?
A: Run like hell….she’s got a hand grenade in her mouth.

Q: How do you make a blonde laugh on Monday mornings?
A: Tell them a joke on Friday night.

They’re just jealous. My wife did have a hard time managing without me when I was gone for 18 months.  The car broke down while driving on the East-West Tollway, and the repairs were more than $1400.  We were living close to the edge as it was financially, since my Army pay isn’t anything close to what I made before the war, but I was able to go online and find a solution.  I knew the car still had good book value, so I investigated car title loans.  I found Dekalb Title Loans, a car title loan store that I was able to manage from the base.  I set it up from there, and in one day she had the cash to take it to the shop in Sycamore.  I even talked the repairs through with them online.

And I never allow her near grenades.

By the way Dekalb is near Malta, Sycamore, Batavia, Creston, and Genoa.

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