MENTAL HOSPITAL
Added on: 13th Dec 2016
JIM AND MARY 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
AND STAYED THERE.
MARY PROMPTLY JUMPED IN
TO SAVE HIM. SHE SWAM TO
THE BOTTOM AND PULLED JIM OUT.
WHEN THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR
BECAME AWARE OF MARY'S
HEROIC ACT HE IMMEDIATELY
ORDERED HER TO BE
DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL
AS HE NOW CONSIDERED HER
TO BE MENTALLY STABLE.
WHEN HE WENT TO TELL MARY
THE NEWS HE SAID,
"MARY, I HAVE GOOD NEWS
AND BAD NEWS.
THE GOOD NEWS IS
YOU'RE BEING DISCHARGED
BECAUSE SINCE YOU WERE ABLE
TO JUMP IN AND SAVE THE LIFE
OF ANOTHER PATIENT,
I THINK YOU'VE REGAINED
YOUR SENSES.
THE BAD NEWS IS JIM,
THE PATIENT YOU SAVED,
HUNG HIMSELF WITH HIS
BATHROBE BELT IN THE BATHROOM.
I AM SO SORRY, BUT HE'S DEAD."
MARY REPLIED,
"HE DIDN'T HANG HIMSELF,
I PUT HIM THERE TO DRY."
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