Bill and Elaine were patients in a mental hospital. One day while they were strolling past the hospital swimming pool, Bill suddenly dove into the deep end. He sank to the bottom of the pool and stayed there.
Elaine promptly jumped in to save him. She swam to the bottom, pulled Bill out and brought him to his room.
When the hospital director became aware of Elaine’s heroic act, she immediately recommended that Elaine be discharged from the hospital because she now considered her to be mentally stable.
She went to Elaine and said, “I have some good news and some bad newsâ€.
The good news is that you’re being discharged because you responded so rationally in an emergency situation. By jumping in the pool to save Bill’s life, you displayed sound mindedness. The bad news is that Bill hung himself in his bathroom with his belt right after you saved him. I am so sorry, but he’s dead.
Elaine replied, “He didn’t hang himself. I put him there to dry. How soon can I go home?â€





