>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. Wilkins, 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 worse, an ashen Mr. Wilkins 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. Wilkins, 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. Wilkins 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."