Funny story: I got an email from xH (the american) yesterday addressed to all friends in his yahoo contact list saying he had been robbed in London (under the threat of a knife)and needed help (money) to get back to US.
Knowing that your XH is a Texan, this was an obvious scammer. Had a Texan been held up with a knife, the sounds that would occur would be:
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! "Dang, these Winchester Silvertip hollow points sure do leave some darn big holes and that thar is some nice grouping."