Blue Tie? $20. Snazzy Jacket? $50. This picture...

[mburbank]

I'd also add there's no paralell structure in the two items of clothing followed by a phone call, and 'wigger', while admittedly a mirthful concept all on it's own calls attention to itself and draws attention from the 'joke' such as it is by seeming to be a part of the set up and turning out to be unrelated.

The gag idea that W. might try to trick Sadam by seeing if he was going to the funeral has comic possabilities. It's cruel, it's stupid, and then there's the implication that W. has Sadams phone number and still can't find him.