Subject: Alaska Wife
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. Brown, but we have some information
about your wife,"
said one trooper.
"Tell me! Did you find her?" Mr. Brown shouted.
The troopers looked at each other.
One said, "We have some bad news, some good news, and
some really great
news. W hich do you want to hear first?"
Fearing the worst, an ashen Mr. Brown 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 Mr. Brown. Swallowing hard, he
asked, "What's
the good news?"
The trooper continued, "When we pulled her up, she had
15
twenty-five-pound King crabs and 6 good-size Dungeness
crabs clinging
to her."
Stunned, Mr. Brown demanded, "If that's the good news,
what's the great
news?"
The trooper said, "We're going to pull her up again
tomorrow.
Alaska Wife... 
