MENTAL PATIENT

JOHN AND DAVID WERE BOTH PATIENTS

IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL.

ONE DAY, WHILE THEY WERE WALKING,

THEY PASSED THE HOSPITAL SWIMMING POOL

AND JOHN SUDDENLY DOVE INTO THE DEEP END.

HE SANK TO THE BOTTOM AND STAYED THERE.

DAVID PROMPTLY JUMPED IN AND SAVED HIM,

SWIMMING TO THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL

AND PULLING JOHN OUT.

THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR CAME TO KNOW

OF DAVID'S HEROIC ACT.

HE IMMEDIATELY ORDERED THAT

DAVID BE DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL

AS HE NOW CONSIDERED HIM TO BE OK.

THE DOCTOR SAID,

"DAVID, WE HAVE GOOD NEWS AND

BAD NEWS FOR YOU!

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE ARE GOING

TO DISCHARGE YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE

REGAINED YOUR SANITY.

SINCE YOU WERE ABLE TO JUMP IN

AND SAVE ANOTHER PATIENT,

YOU MUST BE MENTALLY STABLE.

THE BAD NEWS IS THAT THE PATIENT

THAT YOU SAVED HUNG HIMSELF IN

THE BATHROOM AND DIED AFTER ALL."

DAVID REPLIED,

"DOCTOR, JOHN DIDN'T HANG HIMSELF.

I HUNG HIM THERE TO DRY."