An attorney got home late one evening, after a very taxing
day trying to get a stay of execution for a client, named
William Wright, 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 tired and depressed.

As soon
as he got through the door his wife started on about, "Do
you realize what time it is ? Where have you been?" , and
on and on.

Too shattered to play his usual role in this
familiar ritual, he went and poured himself a very large
whisky and headed off for long hot soak in the bathtub...
pursued by the predictable sarcastic remarks.

While he was
in the bath the phone rang.

The wife answered and was told
that her husband's client had been granted his Stay of
Execution after all.

Realizing what a day he must have had,
she relented a little and went upstairs to give him the good
news.

As she opened the bathroom door she was greeted by the
sight of her husband's rear view as he bent over naked drying his legs and feet.

"They're not hanging Wright tonight,"
she said.

The attorney whirled around and screamed
hysterically, "For crying out loud, Woman, don't you ever
stop!?"