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. He was feeling worn out and depressed.
As soon as he walked through the door at home, his wife started on him, “What time of night to be getting home is this? Where have you been? Dinner is cold and I'm not reheating it.” She went on and on and on.
Too defeated by the events of the day and not having the focus to participate in his usual role in this familiar ritual, he poured himself a whiskey and headed off for a long soak in the tub. His wife pursued him with predictable sarcastic remarks as he dragged himself up the stairs to the bathroom.
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. She now realized 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 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?!”