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 medical director became aware of Edna'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 Edna the news
he 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, Jim, the patient you saved,
hung
himself right after you saved him with his bathrobe belt in the bathroom. I am
so sorry, but he's dead."
Edna replied "He didn't hang himself, I put him there to dry. ....How soon
can I go Home?"