Jim and Edna were both patients in a mental hospital.
One day while they were walking past the hospital swimming pool
Jim suddenly jumped into the deep end. He sank to the bottom of the
pool
and stayed there. Edna promptly jumped in to save him. She swam to the
bottom and pulled Jim out.
When the director of nursing became aware of Edna’s heroic act,
she considered her to be mentally stable.
When she went to tell Edna the news she said, "Edna, I have good
news and bad news."
"The good news is you’re being discharged; since you were able to
rationally respond to a crisis by jumping in and saving the life
of another patient, I have concluded that your act displays a
sound mind."
"The bad news is that Jim, the patient you saved, hanged himself
in his bathroom with the belt to his robe right after you saved
him. I am sorry, but he’s dead."
Edna replied, "He didn’t hang himself, I put him there to dry. How soon can I go home?"