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One day while they were walking past the hospital swimming pool, Jim
> 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 Jim 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 concl uded that your act displays that > you have a sound mind.
>
> The bad news is, Jim, the patient you saved, hung himself in the
> bathroom with his bathrobe belt right after you saved him.
I am so
> sorry, but he's dead.
>
> Edna replied, "He didn't hang himself, I put him there to dry.
> 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 Jim 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 concl uded that your act displays that > you have a sound mind.
>
> The bad news is, Jim, the patient you saved, hung himself in the
> bathroom with his bathrobe belt right after you saved him.
I am so
> sorry, but he's dead.
>
> Edna replied, "He didn't hang himself, I put him there to dry.