The
day after a man lost his wife in a scuba diving accident, he
was
greeted by two grim-faced policemen at his door.
"We're sorry to call on you at this hour, Mr. Wilkens,
but we have some
information about your wife."
"Well, tell me!" the man said.
The policeman said, "We have some bad news, some good news
and some
really great news. Which do you want to hear first?"
Fearing the worse, Mr. Wilkens said, "Give me the bad news
first."
So the policeman said, "I'm sorry to tell you sir, but
this morning we
found your wife's body in the Bay."
"Oh my!," said Mr. Wilkens, overcome by emotion. Then,
remembering
what the policeman had said, he asked, "What's the good
news?"
"Well," said the policeman, "When we pulled her
up she had two
five-pound lobsters and a dozen good size crabs on her."
"If that's the good news than what's the great news?!"
Mr. Wilkens demanded.
The policeman said, "We're going to pull her up again tomorrow
morning." |