DPB
10th October 2005, 06:29 PM
During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director, "What are the criteria that defines a patient to be institutionalised?"
"Well," said the Director, "we fill up a bathtub, we offer a teaspoon, teacup, and a bucket to the patient and ask the patient to empty the bathtub."
1. Would you use the spoon?
2. Would you use the teacup?
3. Would you use the bucket?
"Oh, I understand," said the visitor. "A normal person would choose the bucket as it is larger than the spoon or the teacup." <O:p</O:p
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"Noooooo," answered the Director. "A normal person would pull the plug."
"Well," said the Director, "we fill up a bathtub, we offer a teaspoon, teacup, and a bucket to the patient and ask the patient to empty the bathtub."
1. Would you use the spoon?
2. Would you use the teacup?
3. Would you use the bucket?
"Oh, I understand," said the visitor. "A normal person would choose the bucket as it is larger than the spoon or the teacup." <O:p</O:p
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"Noooooo," answered the Director. "A normal person would pull the plug."