Jim and Mary were both patients in a mental hospital. One day while they
were walking past the hospital pool, Jim suddenly jumped into the deep end.
He sank to the bottom of the pool and 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 and bad news. The good news is you're being discharged because 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, hung 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 pool, Jim suddenly jumped into the deep end.
He sank to the bottom of the pool and 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 and bad news. The good news is you're being discharged because 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, hung 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."