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Ralph and Edna 
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.
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.