1 Are you mad? Fri Dec 25, 2009 2:56 am
K-BIKE
Life time member
It doesn’t hurt to take a hard look at yourself from time to time, and this should help get you started. During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director what the criteria was, which defined whether or not a patient should be institutionalised.
“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. The teaspoon, teacup and bucket are indicators which define the level of insanity. A normal person would pull the plug.
Do you want your bed near the window?”
“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. The teaspoon, teacup and bucket are indicators which define the level of insanity. A normal person would pull the plug.
Do you want your bed near the window?”