An elderly couple was on a cruise and it  was really stormy. They were 
standing on the back of the boat watching the  storm, when a wave came up and 
washed the old man overboard. They searched for  days and couldn't find him, 
so the captain sent the old woman back to shore with  the promise that he 
would notify her as soon as they found  something.

Three weeks went by and finally the old woman got a fax from  the boat. It 
read: 'Ma'am, sorry to inform you, we found your husband dead at  the bottom 
of the ocean. We hauled him up to the deck and attached to his butt  was an 
oyster and in it was a pearl worth $50,000. Please advise.'

The  old woman faxed back: 'Send me the pearl and re-bait the trap.'