The day after losing his wife in a diving accident, a man answered his
door
to find two grim-faced Alaska State Troopers.
"We're sorry to call on you at this hour, Mr. Wilkens, but we have some
information about your wife."
"Tell me! Did you find her?" the man cried.
The troopers looked at each other. One said, "We have some bad news, some
good news, and some really great news. Which do you want to hear first?"
Fearing the worst, an ashen Mr. Wilkens said, "Give me the bad news
first."
The trooper said, "I'm sorry to tell you, sir, but this morning we found
your wife's body in Kachemak Bay."
"Oh my god!" said Mr. Wilkens, overcome by emotion. Swallowing hard, he
asked, "What's the good news?"
The trooper continued. "When we pulled her up she had three five-pound
king
crabs and a half-dozen goodsize Dungeness crabs on her."
Stunned, Mr. Wilkens demanded, "If that's the good news, then what's the
great news?"
The trooper said, "We're going to pull her up again tomorrow morning!"
door
to find two grim-faced Alaska State Troopers.
"We're sorry to call on you at this hour, Mr. Wilkens, but we have some
information about your wife."
"Tell me! Did you find her?" the man cried.
The troopers looked at each other. One said, "We have some bad news, some
good news, and some really great news. Which do you want to hear first?"
Fearing the worst, an ashen Mr. Wilkens said, "Give me the bad news
first."
The trooper said, "I'm sorry to tell you, sir, but this morning we found
your wife's body in Kachemak Bay."
"Oh my god!" said Mr. Wilkens, overcome by emotion. Swallowing hard, he
asked, "What's the good news?"
The trooper continued. "When we pulled her up she had three five-pound
king
crabs and a half-dozen goodsize Dungeness crabs on her."
Stunned, Mr. Wilkens demanded, "If that's the good news, then what's the
great news?"
The trooper said, "We're going to pull her up again tomorrow morning!"
