During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director,
"What is the criterion that defines a patient to be
institutionalized?"
>
> "Well," said the Director, "we fill up a bathtub we
offer a
teaspoon, a 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."
>
> "Noooooo," answered the Director. "A normal person
would pull the
plug."
>
> (You are not required to tell anyone how you did on this test.)
>
"What is the criterion that defines a patient to be
institutionalized?"
>
> "Well," said the Director, "we fill up a bathtub we
offer a
teaspoon, a 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."
>
> "Noooooo," answered the Director. "A normal person
would pull the
plug."
>
> (You are not required to tell anyone how you did on this test.)
>