Chris_Lacey
19-02-2002, 14:47
Jim and Mary 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 & stayed there. Mary promptly jumped in to
save him. She swam to the bottom and pulled Jim out.
When the medical director became aware of Mary’s heroic act he immediately
ordered her to be discharged from the hospital, as he now considered her
to
be mentally stable. When he went to tell Mary the news he said, ‘Mary, I
have good news & bad news. The good news is you’re being discharged
because,
since you were able to jump in and save the life of another patient, I
think
you’ve regained your senses. The bad news is, Jim, the patient you saved,
hanged himself with his bathrobe belt in the bathroom. I am so sorry, but
he’s dead.’
Mary replied ‘He didn’t hang himself, I put him there to dry.’
were walking past the hospital swimming pool, Jim suddenly jumped into the
deep end. He sank to the bottom & stayed there. Mary promptly jumped in to
save him. She swam to the bottom and pulled Jim out.
When the medical director became aware of Mary’s heroic act he immediately
ordered her to be discharged from the hospital, as he now considered her
to
be mentally stable. When he went to tell Mary the news he said, ‘Mary, I
have good news & bad news. The good news is you’re being discharged
because,
since you were able to jump in and save the life of another patient, I
think
you’ve regained your senses. The bad news is, Jim, the patient you saved,
hanged himself with his bathrobe belt in the bathroom. I am so sorry, but
he’s dead.’
Mary replied ‘He didn’t hang himself, I put him there to dry.’