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During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the
Director how do you determine whether or not a patient
should be institutionalized.

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?