Archive for March, 2009

The Bathtub Test

Monday, March 9th, 2009

 

During a visit to the mental hospital, I asked the Director ‘How do you determine whether or not a patient should be admitted to the hospital.

Well,’ said the Director, ‘we fill up a bathtub, and then we give a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the patient and ask him to empty the bathtub.

I hope You understood what a normal person will do… That’s right…

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 [...]

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