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MENTAL HEALTH TEST

ART6 · 2010-02-04 11:25:35

Talking the other day to the director of a mental asylum, I asked "How do you decide if a patient needs permanent institutional care?" "We use the bathtub test." "What's that?" "Well, we fill a bathtub with water and we give the patient a teaspoon, a teacup, and a bucket and tell him to empty the tub." "Oh, I see! So a…

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04-02-2010 12:25pm

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ART6

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Talking the other day to the director of a mental asylum, I asked "How do you decide if a patient needs permanent institutional care?"

"We use the bathtub test."

"What's that?"

"Well, we fill a bathtub with water and we give the patient a teaspoon, a teacup, and a bucket and tell him to empty the tub."

"Oh, I see! So a sane person would use the bucket because it's the largest."

"No. A sane person would pull the plug out. Would you like a bed by a window?"

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#2 04-02-2010 12:37pm
Dravokivich

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t'is a classic alright!

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#3 04-02-2010 5:21pm
The Scawgeen

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That test is a bit unfair for the person with Bathtubplugphobia don't you think

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#4 10-02-2010 2:29pm
Pompey Magnus

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Hadn't head this joke in years, still makes me smile

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