The bathtub Test

The Bathtub Test

During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor 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," 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



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