I was being facetious not humorous. Obviously I was making a point that if you can help someone avoid making a mistake you should do it. Why shake your head when you can shake his hand.

The price of owing you would have been too high and I'm sure he would of gotten tired of hearin about how "you saved him" every time you got together

Obviously you don't know me. Actually I can't believe you would say such a thing (smiley faces or not).