> The Bathtub Test
>
> During a visit to a mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director,
> “How do you determine whether or not a patient should be institutionalized?”
>
> “Well,” said the Director, “we fill up a bathtub, and 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?”
January 15, 2009