The broken dishwasher.

     Recently my partner's wife had back surgery.  There have been a few complications with it that have required her to spend more time in the hospital than anticipated.  As a result I've been taking more of the calls that come in to our practice lately.
     Yesterday at about noon, my partner called me with a whole long list of calls, and wondered if I could take them.  The reason he needed me to take them:  he said his dishwasher was broken, and he was waiting for the repairman to show up.
     Once he said his dishwasher was broken I couldn't help myself, and blurted out "Your dishwasher is still broken?  I thought your wife was supposed to come home from the hospital today."