some bad news, some good news, and some really great news.

[quietdad]

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. Wilkes, but we have some information about
your wife," said one trooper.

"Tell me! Did you find her?" Wilkes 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 to hear first?"

Fearing the worst, an ashen Mr. Wilkes 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 Wilkes. 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-size Dungeness
crabs clinging to her."

Stunned, Mr. Wilkes demanded, "If that's the good news,
what's the great news?"

The trooper said, "We're going to pull her up again
tomorrow!