The day after his wife disappeared in a kayaking accident off the coast of Maine, a man answered his door to find two grim-faced State Troopers. "We know it's late, sir, but we have some information about your wife," said one of the Troopers. "Tell me! Did you find her!?" the husband 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, the ashen husband said, "Give me the bad news first." The second Trooper said, "I'm sorry to tell you, sir, but this morning we found your wife's body in the bay." "Oh my God!" exclaimed the husband. Swallowing hard, he asked, "What's the good news?" The Trooper continued, "When we pulled her up, she had 6 snow crabs and 12 good-size lobsters clinging to her." Stunned and revolted, the husband demanded, "If that's the good news, what's the great news???" The Trooper answered, "We're gonna pull her up again tomorrow". Jim et al *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 4:25 AM, James Farrelly <JFarrelly5_at_comcast.net>wrote: > > > 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?" > > Those New Englanders sure know how to exploit a situation. They are frugal too. When I was traveling arorund New England as a youth many years ago I had some car trouble and had to hitch hike into town for help. (No cell phones back then.) As it happened a Vermonter gave me a ride on his horse and buggy. It was a quiet trip as in those days Vermonters didn't talk much but every now and then he'd lift the horse's tail, stick his finger in and then rub his lips. After the fourth time I finally asked him why he did it. " Chapped lips." was all he'd say. When he did it one more time I asked him if that "stuff" cured chapped lips. "Nope!", he replied. He did it again a few miles later and I finally got up the nerve to ask him why, then, he did it. "Keeps ya from lickin' 'em!" Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I don't give a horse's petute for your humour (err, humor), Craig. :-) DL On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 4:25 AM, James Farrelly <JFarrelly5_at_comcast.net>wrote: > > > 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?" > > Those New Englanders sure know how to exploit a situation. They are frugal too. When I was traveling arorund New England as a youth many years ago I had some car trouble and had to hitch hike into town for help. (No cell phones back then.) As it happened a Vermonter gave me a ride on his horse and buggy. It was a quiet trip as in those days Vermonters didn't talk much but every now and then he'd lift the horse's tail, stick his finger in and then rub his lips. After the fourth time I finally asked him why he did it. " Chapped lips." was all he'd say. When he did it one more time I asked him if that "stuff" cured chapped lips. "Nope!", he replied. He did it again a few miles later and I finally got up the nerve to ask him why, then, he did it. "Keeps ya from lickin' 'em!" Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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