Love in a Mental Hospital
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 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 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 a sound mind.
The bad news is, Jim, 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?