MENTAL PATIENT
Added on: 10th Jan 2016
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."
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