The Bathtub Test

uring a visit to the mental hospital, I asked the Director 'How do you det
ermine whether or not a patient should be admitted to the hospital.'
'Well,' said the Director, 'We fill up a bathtub, and then we give a teaspo
on, a teacup and a bucket to the patient and ask him to empty the bathtub.'

'Oh, I understand,' I said. 'A normal person would use the bucket because i
t's bigger than the spoon or the teacup.'
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'No.' Said the Director, 'A normal person would pull the drain plug
Well... Would you prefer a bed near the window?'