Jim and Edna were both patients in a mental hospital.
One day while they were walking past the hospital swimming pool,
Jim suddenly fell 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, hanged 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?
One day while they were walking past the hospital swimming pool,
Jim suddenly fell 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, hanged 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?