Alaskan Crabs
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The day after her husband disappeared in a gymnastics accident, an Anchorage
woman answered her door to find two grim-faced Alaska State Troopers.
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"We're sorry Ms. Wilkens, but we have some information about your husband,"
said one trooper.
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"Tell me! Did you find him?" Wilkens shouted.
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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?"
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Fearing the worst, an ashen Ms. Wilkens said, "Give me the bad news first."
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The trooper said, "I'm sorry to tell you, sir, but this morning we found your
husbands body in Kachemak Bay."
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"Oh my God!" exclaimed Wilkens. Swallowing hard, she asked, "What's the good
news?"
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The trooper continued, "When we pulled him up, he had 12 twenty-five pound
king crabs and 6 good-size Dungeness crabs clinging to him."
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Stunned, Ms. Wilkens demanded, "If that's the good news, what's the great
news?"
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The trooper said, "We're going to pull him up again tomorrow.²


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Mundo, The Captain who is a bully and an ass