An elderly couple was on a cruise and it was really stormy. They were
standing on the back of the boat watching the moon, when a wave came up
and
washed the old woman overboard. They searched for days and couldn't find

her, so the captain sent the old man back to shore with the promise that
he
would notify him as soon as they found something.  Three weeks went by
and
finally the old man got a fax from the boat.  It read:  "Sir, sorry to
inform you, we found your wife dead at the bottom of  the  ocean. We
hauled
her up to the deck and attached to her backside was an oyster and it was
a
pearl worth $50,000 . . .please advise"  The old man  faxed back: "Send
me
the pearl and re-bait the trap"

--
Jim and Bobbi Cordy
Specializing in Self Collected Caribbean Species
Merritt Island Florida

SPACE COAST SHELL FESTIVAL
"King Neptunes Shell Palace"
January 18-20,2002