OT: The Bathtub Test

stephent28 Posted 2006-06-20 9:51 AM (#250015) Subject: OT: The Bathtub Test Joined: April 2004 Posts: 13303 Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 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?" Jeff W. Posted 2006-06-20 8:54 PM (#250016 - in reply to #250015) Subject: Re: OT: The Bathtub Test Joined: November 2003 Posts: 11039 Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub I added bubbles. cliff Posted 2006-06-20 9:07 PM (#250017 - in reply to #250015) Subject: Re: OT: The Bathtub Test Joined: March 2002 Posts: 14842 Location: NJ . . and promptly bit them . . . Jeff W. Posted 2006-06-20 9:15 PM (#250018 - in reply to #250015) Subject: Re: OT: The Bathtub Test Joined: November 2003 Posts: 11039 Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub ....hey, it's not easy to bend that far forward... Weaser P Posted 2006-06-20 10:15 PM (#250019 - in reply to #250015) Subject: Re: OT: The Bathtub Test Joined: October 2005 Posts: 5331 Location: Cicero, NY Two beds, T. And keep the heavy straps handy despite the fact that they'll enjoy every second of it.