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
Kachalot Bay." "Oh No!" 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 two five-pound king
crabs and a half-dozen good size 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."