The Mariner's Wife A Mariner was out in a rowboat with his wife when she fell overboard. Despite his best efforts, he couldn't find her, so he rowed back home. Next day, his friend showed up at the dock and said, "Clyde, I found your wife. She got tangled up in my trap lines and she's got thirty lobsters sticking to her. What should I do?" "Quick, pull off the lobsters and set her again!"