The Bathtub Test

During a visit to the mental asylum,

a visitor asked the Director how do you determine

whether or not a patient should be institutionalised.

'Well,' said the Director, 'we fill up a bathtub,

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,' said the visitor.

'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?'