KiwiTT
10-05-2007, 01:05 AM
Jim and Edna were patients in a mental hospital. One day
while they were walking past the hospital swimming pool,
Jim suddenly jumped into the deep end, sank to the bottom,
and stayed there. Edna promptly jumped in, swam to the
bottom, and pulled Jim out. When the hospital director
learned of Edna's heroic act, he ordered her to be
discharged from the hospital, as he now considered her to be
mentally stable.
When the director went to tell Edna, he said, "Edna, I have
good news and bad news. The good news is you're being
discharged. Since you were able to rationally respond to a
crisis by jumping in and saving the life of another patient, I
have concluded that you are of sound mind. The bad news
is that Jim, the patient you saved, hung himself in the
bathroom with his bathrobe belt right after you saved him. I
am so sorry, but he's dead."
Edna replied, "He didn't hang himself, I put him there to dry.
How soon can I go home?"
while they were walking past the hospital swimming pool,
Jim suddenly jumped into the deep end, sank to the bottom,
and stayed there. Edna promptly jumped in, swam to the
bottom, and pulled Jim out. When the hospital director
learned of Edna's heroic act, he ordered her to be
discharged from the hospital, as he now considered her to be
mentally stable.
When the director went to tell Edna, he said, "Edna, I have
good news and bad news. The good news is you're being
discharged. Since you were able to rationally respond to a
crisis by jumping in and saving the life of another patient, I
have concluded that you are of sound mind. The bad news
is that Jim, the patient you saved, hung himself in the
bathroom with his bathrobe belt right after you saved him. I
am so sorry, but he's dead."
Edna replied, "He didn't hang himself, I put him there to dry.
How soon can I go home?"