loll -
02-01-2005, 03:01 PM
just got this in an email...
> 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
> 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 sorry he's dead." Edna replied, "He didn't hang himself, I put
him there
> to dry. How soon can I go home?"
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