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MistressYlwa -> Harold & Edna (1/27/2007 9:20:59 AM)
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Harold & Edna
Harold and Edna were both patients in a mental hospital. One day while they
were walking past the hospital swimming pool, Harold 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 Harold
out.
When the Head Nurse Director became aware of Edna's heroic act, she
immediately ordered her to be discharged from the hospital, as she now
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 that you're 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 Harold, the patient you saved, hung himself in the
bathroom with his bathrobe belt right after you saved him. I am so sorry,
but he's dead."
Edna replied, "He didn't hang himself, I put him there to dry." "How soon
can I go home?"
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