A married couple was fast asleep when the phone shattered the silence around 2 a.m.
The wife, a blonde, groggily reached over to answer it.
She listened briefly, a confused expression growing on her face.
After a few seconds, she snapped irritably, “How would I know? That’s 200 miles away!” and abruptly hung up.
Her husband, now wide awake, asked who would call at such an hour.
Still puzzled, she replied, “I don’t know… some woman asking if the coast is clear.”
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