to get a stay of execution for a client, James 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 worn out and depressed.
As soon as he got through the door at home, his wife started on him
about, "What time of night do you call this? 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 shot of whisky and headed off for a 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.
Finally realizing what a day he must have had, she decided to go upstairs
to give him the good news. As she opened the bathroom door, she was
greeted by the sight of her husband's rear end as he was bent over
naked drying his legs and feet.
"They're not hanging Wright tonight," she said.
He whirled around and screamed, "FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, WOMAN DON'T YOU
EVER STOP"??!!
