Ralph and Edna were both patients in a mental hospital. One day while
they were walking past the hospital swimming pool, Ralph suddenly jumped
into the deep end. He sank to the bottom of the pool and stayed there.
Edna promptly jumped in to save him. She swam to the bottom and pulled Ralph
out.
When the Head Nurse Director became aware of Edna's heroic act she
immediately ordered her to be discharged from the hospital, as she now
considered her to be mentally stable.
When she went to tell Edna the news she said,
"Edna, I have good news and bad news. The good news is you're being
discharged; since you were able to rationally respond to a crisis by
jumping in and saving the life of another patient,
I have concluded that your act displays sound mindedness.
The bad news is, Ralph, the patient you saved, hung
himself right after you saved him with his bathrobe belt in the
bathroom. I am so sorry, but he's dead."
Edna replied "He didn't hang himself, I put him there to dry".
"How soon can I go home?"