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The old "How do I know it's REALLY my wife speaking?" inconsistency


It's such a cliche. The husband always thinks the intimate detail she offers as proof could be part of some dossier. Just ONCE I want her to ask everybody to cover their ears and ask her hubbie: 'You know that thing you do with your tongue?" Case closed.

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I was thinking along those lines also, something personal. Something that occurred recently.

But one poster brought up the point that what if she was kidnapped? That Soviets had all the info on flight bombers, their wife and addresses, covert agents in states could do the job.

Highly unlikely.... but possible.

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It wasn't just whether it was her or not, it was possibly the Russians got hold of her and forced her to call him. But yes, any sane person would question the mission, but the commander was an inhuman robot.

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