An  elderly couple were 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.'