Bath Tub
Test




During a
visit to the mental asylum, I asked the director
how do you
determine whether or not a patient should
be
institutionalized?






"Well,"
said the director, "we fill up a bathtub;
then we offer a
teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the patient
and ask him
or her to empty the bathtub."





"Oh,
I understand," I said. "A normal
person would use the
bucket because it's bigger
than the spoon or the
teacup."












"No."
said the director, "A normal
person would pull the plug.
Do you want a bed near the
window?