Sunday, November 15, 2009

The Bathtub Test

During a visit to the mental asylum the Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon asked the director of Medicine there how they determine 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," she said "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. Would you want a bed near the window?"

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