Bad News, Good News, Great News
The day after a man lost his wife in a scuba
diving accident, he was greeted by two grim-faced
policemen at his door.
"We're sorry to call on you at this hour, Mr.
Wilkens, but we have some information about your
wife."
"Well, tell me!" the man said.
The policeman said, "We have some bad news, some
good news and some really great news. Which do you
want to hear first?"
Fearing the worse, Mr. Wilkens said, "Give me the
bad news first."
So the policeman said, "I'm sorry to tell you sir,
but this morning we found your wife's body in San
Francisco Bay."
"Oh my god!," said Mr. Wilkens, overcome by
emotion. Then, remembering what the policeman had
said, he asked, "What's the good news?"
"Well," said the policeman, "When we pulled her up
she had two five-pound lobsters and a dozen good
size Dungeoness crabs on her."
"If that's the good news than what's the great
news?!", Mr. Wilkens demanded.
The policeman said, "We're going to pull her up
again tomorrow morning."
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