The Bathtub Test

[Amishway Homesteaders]

During a visit to the mental asylum, I asked the director, "How do you determine

whether or not a patient should be institutionalized?"

 

"Well," said the director, "we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup

and a bucket to the patient and ask him or her to empty the bathtub."

 

"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, "A normal person would pull the plug. Do you want a bed

near the window?"

 

ARE YOU GOING TO PASS THIS ON, OR DO YOU WANT THE BED NEXT TO MINE ???