Dan Harris
09-30-2009, 04:10 PM
The Bathtub Test
During a visit to the mental asylum, I 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," I said "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?"
During a visit to the mental asylum, I 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," I said "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?"