> 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,
> hanged 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. How soon can I go home?"
>
>
