Larry and Darryl were both patients in a Mental Hospital. One day while they
were walking, they passed the hospital swimming pool. Larry suddenly dove
into the deep end. He sank to the bottom and stayed there. Darryl promptly
jumped in and saved him, swimming to the bottom of the pool and pulling
Larry out.
The medical director came to know of Darryl’s heroic act, and was very impressed.
He immediately ordered that Darryl be discharged from the hospital, as he now
considered him to be OK.
The doctor said, “Darryl, we have good news and bad news for you! 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 patient, you must be mentally stable.
The bad news is that the patient you saved hung himself in the bathroom and died after all.”
Darryl replied, “Doctor, Larry didn’t hang himself. I hung him there to dry.”
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Dave
