A barrister 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 depressed. when he walked through the door at home, his wife started on at him: “What time of night to be getting home is this?
He headed off for a long hot soak in the bathtub, pursued by 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 realising 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?
His last-minute plea for clemency to the governor had failed and he was feeling depressed. when he walked through the door at home, his wife started on at him: “What time of night to be getting home is this?
He headed off for a long hot soak in the bathtub, pursued by 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 realising 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?