Honoring a dying sailor’s final wish is a sacred maritime tradition, but entrusting a burial at sea to his two blonde nieces is a surefire recipe for absolute confusion.
When an old seaman passed away, his only remaining relatives—two blonde nieces—faithfully set out to fulfill his last request to be buried at sea. They loaded his body into a small rowboat and began rowing away from the shore.
After a few minutes, the first blonde stopped rowing. “Let me check the depth,” she said, stepping over the side. The water only came up to her knees. “Not deep enough,” she grumbled, climbing back in. “We need to go further out.”
They rowed deeper into the ocean, and she stepped out again. This time, the water reached all the way up to her neck. “Still not quite enough,” she gasped, shaking her head. “Keep going!”
Finally, they reached open water. The blonde jumped out a third time and vanished completely beneath the crashing waves. After several agonizing seconds of silence, she suddenly broke the surface, gasping for air, and shouted to her sister:
“Perfect! This is deep enough! Now hand me the shovel!”
