In the beginning, 1989, Troy Aikman looked good in the shower.

And Jerry Jones also told us he was going to be in charge of everything, including socks and jocks, plus he didn’t want any “dogs” for cheerleaders.

Again, that was in the beginning. As a quote machine, Jerry has been relentless. Maybe the best in the jock kingdom business over the last two decades.

And on behalf of anyone who works the media business, I thank him for that.

Of course, Jerry’s verbal blunders on all things Cowboys-related have become classic, but then again, there are those of us who also have a long list of opinions, written in the newspaper or spoken on the radio, that have become an ongoing personal butt-bite.

Don’t get me started on mine. We’d be here awhile.

But there does come a point . . .

It was last week, Thursday to be exact, when Mr. Jones was being his usual media-friendly self at a Cowboys’ OTA practice session. Many topics were being discussed, including a question about some sniper activity in the Buffalo area.

In hardly a shocker, the dearly departed Eldorado Owens has begun a blame-wave campaign aimed at Valley Ranch for his rather abrupt exit from the Cowboys a couple of months ago.

Nothing serious. Nothing unexpected. With much more to come. Owens has not even fully cranked up yet. The verbal shots at a Jason Garrett or Tony Romo have actually been rather tame. That will change.

With this fool, it is always the fault of someone else. Never the fault of his own self.

Jerry, of course, can’t help himself. Being just flat stubborn, he had to inform the local media army on Thursday that, yes, he follows the words of Mr. Owens religiously, even now from afar.

“I read carefully what’s written,” said Jones. “I’m interested.”

The logical next question:

Why? Why would you even care?

“He’s credible with me,” came the amazing answer. “That’s what makes it interesting.”

Now look, Owens is a lot of things, starting with talented on the football field, and a smart manipulator of the weak and the gullible, particularly in his own locker room.

But credible?

Somewhere out there on the vast sports landscape, there might be a more self-serving, excuse-making, overrated, paranoid pile of self-pity . . .

But if so, I’d like a name. Owens couldn’t catch credible if it hit him in the hands. Of course, he doesn’t catch a lot of things that land there.

Then Jerry added:

“I did not think (Owens) was disruptive to the team. As a matter of fact, you have a huge percentage of our team — coaches and teammates — that thought his personality was a positive thing.”

Reading all this, then why the heck was Owens run off by Jerry? And as Jerry reminds us, only he can make that decision, and Eldo is wrong if he thinks Garrett or Romo has anything to do with it.

Sidenote to Jerry:

You sounded real stupid.

Hate to say it, Jerry, but you sound scared of the guy.

He’s not scared of you. He called you a liar.

And there’s more to come. There always is with Owens.

“Nice” won’t cut it, Jerry. Just be honest. And believable.