A lawyer 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 Im 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 whiskey and headed off for a long hot soak in the bath tub, 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 husbands 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 give him the good news and apologise. As she opened the bathroom door,
she was greeted by the sight of her husband, bent over naked, drying his legs
and feet.

Theyre not hanging Wright tonight, she said.

To which he whirled around and cried, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WOMAN - DONT YOU
EVER STOP?