An attorney arrived home late, after a very tough day trying to get a
> >> stay of execution.
> >> 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
> >> 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
> >> dragged 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 up stairs 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.
> >>
> >> He whirled around and screamed, 'FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WOMAN, DON'T
> >> YOU EVER SHUT-UP?!'
> >>
