[Rhodes22-list] Joke

[Brad Haslett]

A Reprieve?

An attorney got home late one evening, after a very
taxing day trying to get a stay of execution for a
client, James 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 worn out and
depressed.

As soon as he got through the door at home, his wife
started on him 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 shot
of whiskey 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. The wife
answered and was told that her husband's client had
been granted his stay of execution after all.

Finally realizing what a day he must have had, she
decided to go upstairs to give him the good news. As
she opened the bathroom door, she was greeted by the
sight of her husband's rear end as he was bent over
naked drying his legs and feet.

"They're not hanging Wright tonight," she said.

He whirled around and screamed, "FOR CRYING OUT
LOUD, WOMAN DON'T YOU EVER STOP