>>>> >An attorney got home late one evening, after a very taxing day
>>>> >trying to get a stay of execution for a client, named Wilbur 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 tired and depressed.
>>>> >
>>>> >As soon as he got through the door his wife started on 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 very large 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, which the wife answered
>>>> >and was told that her husband's client had been granted his stay of
>>>> >execution after all. Realizing what a day he must have had, she
>>>> >relented a little and went upstairs to give him the good news.
>>>> >
>>>> >As she opened the bathroom door she was greeted by the sight of
>>>> >her husband's rear view as he bent over naked drying his legs and
>>>> >feet.
>>>> >
>>>> >"They're not hanging Wright tonight," she said.
>>>> >
>>>> >The attorney whirled around and screamed hysterically, "For the
>>>> >love of Christ, Woman, don't you ever stop!?"
>>>> >trying to get a stay of execution for a client, named Wilbur 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 tired and depressed.
>>>> >
>>>> >As soon as he got through the door his wife started on 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 very large 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, which the wife answered
>>>> >and was told that her husband's client had been granted his stay of
>>>> >execution after all. Realizing what a day he must have had, she
>>>> >relented a little and went upstairs to give him the good news.
>>>> >
>>>> >As she opened the bathroom door she was greeted by the sight of
>>>> >her husband's rear view as he bent over naked drying his legs and
>>>> >feet.
>>>> >
>>>> >"They're not hanging Wright tonight," she said.
>>>> >
>>>> >The attorney whirled around and screamed hysterically, "For the
>>>> >love of Christ, Woman, don't you ever stop!?"
