During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the
director, "What is the criterion that defines a patient to
be institutionalized?"
"Well..." said the director, "we fill up a bathtub, and we
offer a teaspoon, a teacup, and a bucket to the patient and
ask him to empty the bathtub."
"Oh, I understand," said the visitor, with a chuckle. "A
normal person would choose the bucket as it is larger than
the spoon or the teacup. Right?"
"Noooooooo!" answered the director. "A normal person would
pull the plug."
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director, "What is the criterion that defines a patient to
be institutionalized?"
"Well..." said the director, "we fill up a bathtub, and we
offer a teaspoon, a teacup, and a bucket to the patient and
ask him to empty the bathtub."
"Oh, I understand," said the visitor, with a chuckle. "A
normal person would choose the bucket as it is larger than
the spoon or the teacup. Right?"
"Noooooooo!" answered the director. "A normal person would
pull the plug."
