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Dangerous Jobs
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Alaskan Crabs * 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," said one trooper. * "Tell me! Did you find her?" Wilkens 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. 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 twenty-five pound king crabs and 6 good-size Dungeness crabs clinging to her." * Stunned, Mr. Wilkens demanded, "If that's the good new s, what's the great news?" * The trooper said, "We're going to pull her up again tomorrow.² -- Mundo, The Captain who is a bully and an ass |