An attorney arrived home late, after a very tough day
trying to get a stay of execution for a client who was due to be
hanged for murder at midnight.
His last minute plea for clemency to the governor had
failed and he was feeling worn out and depressed.
As soon as he walked through the door at home, his wife
started on him about, 'What time of night to be getting home is
this? Where have you been?'
'Dinner is cold and I'm not reheating it'. And on and on
and on.
Too shattered to play his usual role in this familiar
ritual, he went and poured himself a shot of whiskey and headed off
for a long hot soak in the bathtub, pursued by the predictable
sarcastic remarks as he drug himself up the stairs.
While he was in the bath, the phone rang. The wife
answered and was told that her husband's client , James Wright, had
been granted a stay of execution after all. Wright would not be hanged
tonight.
Finally realizing what a terrible day he must have had,
she decided to go upstairs and give him the good news.
As she opened the bathroom door, she was greeted by the
sight of her husband, bent over naked, drying his legs and feet.
'They're not hanging Wright tonight,' she said.
To which he whirled around and screamed,
'FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WOMAN, DON'T YOU EVER STOP?!'
