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," says
one trooper.
"Tell me! Tell me! Did you find her?" Wilkens shouted.
The troopers looked at each other, and finally 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!" exclaimed Wilkens. Swallowing hard, he asked, "What's the good
news?"
The trooper continued, "When we pulled her up, she had 12 25-pound king crabs
and 6 good-size Dungeness crabs clinging to her."
Mr. Wilkens demanded, "If that's the good news, what's the great news?"
The trooper said, "We're going to pull her up again tomorrow."
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