Bee Keeper
Well-Known Member
An attorney arrived home late, after a very tough day trying to
get a stay of execution for a client 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 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
went and 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.
To which he whirled around and screamed, "FOR THE LOVE OF GOD,
WOMAN, DON'T YOU EVER STOP?"
get a stay of execution for a client 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 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
went and 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.
To which he whirled around and screamed, "FOR THE LOVE OF GOD,
WOMAN, DON'T YOU EVER STOP?"
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