The Hanging

Steve, an attorney got home late one evening, after a very

taxing day trying to get a stay of execution for a client,

named George 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 Mary, 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 very large whisky and

headed off for a long hot soak in the bathtub... pursued

by the predictable sarcastic remarks of his nagging wife.

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.

Steve whirled around and screamed hysterically,

"For crying out loud, Mary, don't you ever stop!?"



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