chap
05-21-2007, 06:24 PM
The Bathtub Test
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> It doesn't hurt to take a hard look at yourself from time to time, and
> this should help get you started. 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."
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>
>
>
> "No." said the Director, "A normal person would pull the plug. Do you
> want a bed near the window?"
>
> It doesn't hurt to take a hard look at yourself from time to time, and
> this should help get you started. 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?"