A Normal Person

"A Normal Person"

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 criterion was which defined
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
or close to the door?"

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"Swimming Pool"

A very wealthy entrepreneur named John retired to
the countryside. On one of his long walks, he passed
a Mental Institution, and behind the chain link fence,
he saw the patients fighting ferociously with each other.

Hailing a man standing close to the fence, John asked
what was going on. The man replied, "This happens
every day; there's nothing else to do." So John went
to see the director and offered to install a swimming
pool at his expense.

The director was very happy with the offer and accepted
immediately. Ten days later, John received a phone call
from the director, requesting his presence the following
day for the grand opening. Pleased, John accepted. He
than decided to take a stroll out to the Institution to see
how well the pool had been built.

As he approached the fence, he heard laughing and
exited voices. A few yards later, he had a full view of a
beautiful pool, complete with high tower diving boards,
for which the patients were lining up to do cannonballs
and swan dives. Calling the same man at the fence,
John said, "You guys like this, huh? I see no more
fighting, isn't this fun?"

The man replied, "Sure is, Mister, but tomorrow it'll
be even more fun when they put the water in it."
Received on Tue Mar 6 08:31:47 2007