Stabber
01-17-2014, 06:22 AM
> 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 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.
>
> He whirled around and screamed, 'FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
> WOMAN, DON'T YOU EVER STOP?!'
> 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 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.
>
> He whirled around and screamed, 'FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
> WOMAN, DON'T YOU EVER STOP?!'