An attorney arrived home late after a very difficult day trying to get a stay of execution for his client.
His last-minute plea for clemency to the governor had failed, and he was feeling exhausted and depressed.
As soon as he walked through the door, his wife started in on him.
“What time of night do you call this? Where have you been? Dinner is cold, and I’m not reheating it!”
And on and on she went.
Too exhausted to play his usual role in their familiar argument, he poured himself a shot of whiskey and headed upstairs for a long, hot soak in the bathtub, followed by the predictable sarcastic remarks as he made his way up the stairs.
While he was in the bath, the phone rang.
His 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 that night.
Finally realizing what a terrible day her husband 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 announced.
He spun around and screamed:
“FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WOMAN, DON’T YOU EVER STOP?!”
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