John and David were both patients in a Mental hospital. One day while
they were walking passed the hospital swimming pool, John suddenly
dove into the deep end. He sunk to the bottom and stayed there. David
promptly jumped in and saved him. He swam to the bottom of the pool
and pulled John out.
The medical director came to know of David's heroic act. He
immediately ordered that David be discharged from the Mental
Hospital, as he considered him to be OK.
The Doctor said, "We have good news and bad news for you, David! The
good news is that we are going to discharge you because you have
regained your senses. Since you were able to jump in and save another
patient you must be mentally stable. The bad news is that the patient
whom you saved, Mr. John, hung himself in the bathroom, and died."
David replied, "Doctor, he didn't hang himself. I hung him there to
dry."
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