-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Jim and Edna > > > >> > >>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 hospital director became aware of Edna's heroic act, she > >>immediately ordered that Edna be discharged from the hospital because > >>she now is considered to be mentally stable. > >> > >>The director went to Edna and said, "I have some good news and some bad > >>news. > >>The good news is that you're being discharged because you responded so > >>rationally to a crisis by jumping in the pool to save the life of > >>another patient. Your action displays soundness of the mind." > >> > >>"The bad news is that Jim, the patient you saved, hung himself in the > >>bathroom with his bathrobe belt right after you ! saved him. I am so > >>sorry, but he's dead." > >> > >>Edna replied, "He didn't hang himself. I put him there to dry. When can > >>I go home.
