The day after his wife disappeared In a kayaking
accident, an Anchorage man answered his door to find two grim-faced Alaska
State Troopers.
“We’re sorry Mr. Wilkens, but we have some information
about your wife”, said one of the troopers.
“Tell me! Did you find her?”, Wilkens exclaimed.
The troopers looked at each other. One said, “We have
some bad news, some good news, and some really great news. Which would you like
to hear first?”
Fearing the worst, 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!”, exclaimed Wilkens. Swallowing hard, he
asked, “What’s the good news?”
The trooper continued, “When we pulled her up, she had
12 twenty-five-pound king crabs and 6 good-sized Dungeness crabs clinging to
her, and we feel you are entitled to a share in the catch.”
Stunned, Mr. Wilkens demanded, “If that’s the good news,
then what’s the great news?”
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