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 Director of Nursing became aware
of
>Edna's heroic act, she immediately ordered her to be discharged from
the
>hospital, as she now considered her to be mentally stable.
>
>When she went to tell Edna the news she 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 that Jim, the patient you saved, hung
>himself in his bathroom with the belt to his robe 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.
>
>
>How soon can I go home?"
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 Director of Nursing became aware
of
>Edna's heroic act, she immediately ordered her to be discharged from
the
>hospital, as she now considered her to be mentally stable.
>
>When she went to tell Edna the news she 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 that Jim, the patient you saved, hung
>himself in his bathroom with the belt to his robe 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.
>
>
>How soon can I go home?"
