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>
> 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 gov
> ernor 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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