Fishy
Omnipotent Seaweasel
Subject: Jim & Edna
Jim and Edna were both patients in a mental hospital. One day
while they
were walking past the hospital swimming pool, Jim suddenly
jumped into the
deep end. He sank to the bottom of the pool and stayed there.
Edna promptly jumped in to save him.
She swam to the bottom and pulled Jim out.
When the Head Nurse Director became aware of Edna's heroic act
she
immediately ordered her to be discharged from the hospital, as
she now
considered her to be mentally stable.
When she went to tell Edna the news she 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 your act displays
sound
mindedness.
The bad news is, 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?"
Jim and Edna were both patients in a mental hospital. One day
while they
were walking past the hospital swimming pool, Jim suddenly
jumped into the
deep end. He sank to the bottom of the pool and stayed there.
Edna promptly jumped in to save him.
She swam to the bottom and pulled Jim out.
When the Head Nurse Director became aware of Edna's heroic act
she
immediately ordered her to be discharged from the hospital, as
she now
considered her to be mentally stable.
When she went to tell Edna the news she 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 your act displays
sound
mindedness.
The bad news is, 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?"
