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RETIREMENT HOME TEST

patmac · 2011-04-20 11:02:23

During a visit to the retirement home, I asked the director, how do you determine whether or not a person should be institutionalized?" 'Well,' said the Director, ' we fill up a bathtub, and then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the patient and ask him or her to empty the bathtub.' 'Oh, I understand,' I said.…

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20-04-2011 12:02pm

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During a visit to the retirement home, I asked the director, how do you determine whether or not a person should be institutionalized?"

'Well,' said the Director, ' we fill up a bathtub, and then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the patient and ask him or her to empty the bathtub.'

'Oh, I understand,' I said. 'A normal person would use the bucket
because it's bigger than the spoon or the teacup.'

'No.' said the Director,

'A normal person would pull the plug. Do you want a bed near the window?'

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