Legacy Matters

Made me laugh

From Planet Proctor via Tom McMahon

The day after her husband disappeared in a kayaking accident, an Anchorage woman answered her door to find two grim-faced Alaska State Troopers. "We're sorry, Mrs. Wilkens, but we have some information about your husband," said one trooper. “Tell me! Did you find him?!" she shouted. 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 first?"

Fearing the worst, an ashen Mrs. Wilkens said, "I guess you'd better give me the bad news first."  The trooper said, "I'm sorry to have to tell you this, ma'am, but this morning we found his body in 200 feet of water in Kachemak Bay."

"Omigod!" exclaimed Mrs. Wilkens. Swallowing hard, she asked, "Um...what's your good news?"

The trooper continued, "When we hauled him up, he had a dozen 25-lb king crabs and 6 good-size Dungeness crabs clinging to him."  Stunned and tearful, Mrs. Wilkens demanded, "If you call that good news, what could possibly be the great news?"

The trooper said, "We're going to pull him up again tomorrow morning."