Post by DarkenedSoul on Oct 12, 2006 20:42:08 GMT -6
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 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?"
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 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?"
