The Bathtub Test

During a visit to a mental hospital, I asked the Director, "How do you determine whether or not a patient should be institutionalized?"

"Well," said the Director, "We fill up a bathtub, then we offer the patient a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket and ask him or her to empty the bathtub."

"Oh, I understand," I said, "A normal person would use the bucket because it's bigger than the spoon or the teacup."

"No," said the Director, "A normal person would pull the plug."

"Do you want a bed near the window?"


Something Aunty Jo forwarded to me :)