Loony Bin

[phuketsiam]

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 medical director became aware of Edna's heroic act, he immediately

ordered her to be discharged from the hospital, as he now considered her to

be mentally stable.

When he went to tell Edna the news 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 your act displays sound mindedness. The bad

news is Jim, the patient you saved, hung himself with his belt in the

bathroom 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?"

[dr_Pat_Pong]