What would you use? (Long)

[valerie]

Subject: a visit to the mental asylum



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> During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the



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> "Well," said the Director, "we fill up a bathtub, we



> offer a teaspoon, a teacup, and a bucket to the patient and



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> Okay, here's your test:



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> 1. Would you use the spoon?



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> 2. Would you use the teacup?



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> 3. Would you use the bucket?



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> "Oh, I understand," said the visitor. "A normal



> person would choose the bucket as it is larger than the spoon



or the cup."



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> Noooooo," answered the Director. "A normal person would pull



the plug.



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[Clint]

Why pull the plug when you have a spoon right there in your hand? I'm okay...honest.:yh_worry

[abbey]

I'd use the spoon to poke him in the eye

for asking such a silly question!

...........Then run before he got the straight jacket