Mental patients
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, but he's dead.' > > > > Edna replied, 'He didn't hang himself, I put him there to dry. Now how > > soon can I go home?