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The Bathtub Test

Honest Answers please via the POLL

During a visit to the mental asylum, I asked the Director


“How do you determine 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”, I said. “A normal person would use the bucket, because it's bigger
than the spoon or the teacup”.


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“No”, said the Director, “A normal person would pull the plug.
Do you want a bed near the window?”