nancy_the_great
02-13-2006, 05:54 PM
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 Director of Nursing 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 his bathroom with the belt to his robe 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".[/SIZE][/SIZE]
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 Director of Nursing 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 his bathroom with the belt to his robe 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".[/SIZE][/SIZE]