Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD)

Back in the sixties, seventies, and eighties, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. had a policy with their nuclear weapons -- they called this policy MAD. The basic theory was if either country launched a nuclear war the other country would respond with equal force. Each side had enough weapons to ensure everyone's destruction. So both sides had a strong incentive not to declare war.

Some people ask me what happens when a divorce attorney divorces. The short answer: we normally don't. My wife and I have decided on our own version of MAD. The moment we feel a divorce is needed, we will simultaneously kill each other. This is good. Now, we have a strong incentive never to divorce :-)