John and David were bothpatients in a mental hospital.

One day while they were walking past the hospital swimming pool, John
suddenly dove into the deep end. He sank to the bottom and stayed
there. David promptly jumped in and saved him. He swam to the bottomof the
pool and pulled John out.

The medical director learned of David’s heroic act. He immediately
ordered that David be discharged from the mental hospital, as he considered
David 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 sanity. Since you were able to jump in and save another patientyou
must be mentally stable. The bad news is that the patient whom yousaved hanged
himself in the bathroom, and died.”
David was quiet for a moment. Then he replied, “Doctor, he didn’thang
himself. I hung him there to dry!”
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