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 of 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?" ff
