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 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 are 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 sorry, but he's dead."
Edna replied, "He didn't hang himself, I put him there to dry. How soon can I go home?"
wise edna
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