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An attorney returned 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 state 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 the heck have you been?" 

Too shattered to play his usual role in this familiar ritual, he went 
and poured himself a very large whisky and headed off to the bathroom 
for a long hot soak - pursued by his wife's sarcastic remarks.

While he was in the bath the phone rang, which the wife answered - 
to be told that her husband's client had been granted his stay of 
execution after all. Realising 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 naked over the bath cleaning the tub. 

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

At this point the attorney whirled round and screamed hysterically, 
"For crying out loud woman, don't you ever stop?!"


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[Selected by Jim Griffith @ rec.humor.funny]

Stress is when you wake up screaming and you 
realise you haven't fallen asleep yet.