The bathtub test, or a reflection upon (in)sanity!

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The Bathtub Test!
During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director what the criterion was which defined 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,” said the visitor. “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?”

Author Unknown

For once, I’m speechless! Don’t know if this is a good test for sanity or rather for stupidity. Anyway, I think it’s rather thought-provoking little snippet, and besides the line between sanity and stupidity is possibly thinner than we might all suspect. Anyway, for more funny stories and pictures on this tone and note, head out towards Piffe the piffen: “The more I laugh, the more I think / the more I think, the more I laugh”.

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