The bathtub test

mee · 07-26-2008, 10:41 AM

During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the director how do you determine whether or not a patient should be institionalized.

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, said the visitor.
A normal person would use the bucket because its bigger than the spoon or the teacup.
No, said the director, a normal person would pull the plug.

DO YOU WANT A BED BY THE WINDOW

greymare · 07-26-2008, 11:13 AM

ooohhhh mee, sometimes you are soooooo naughty. LOL

17th Angel · 07-26-2008, 01:53 PM

lolz.

Great joke, Mee thank you for sharing a joke with us. Enjoyed it.

path_of_one · 07-26-2008, 04:08 PM

Dream · 07-27-2008, 02:09 AM

Funny! Ok, how's this continuation of the joke?

...to which the visitor replied, "So that's how the staff here does it?"
"No," said the director. "We use the buckets."
"So then what are you doing in charge of an asylum?" said the visitor, to which the director replied "I worked my way up through the ranks, of course. First I used the plug, then the spoon, the teacup, and finally the bucket."
"Well" said the visitor, "I think somebody should pull the plug on this whole operation."
"That's what I used to think, too." said the director, "But don't worry. We'll continue working with you until you get it right."

juantoo3 · 07-27-2008, 06:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mee

During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the director how do you determine whether or not a patient should be institionalized.

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, said the visitor.
A normal person would use the bucket because its bigger than the spoon or the teacup.
No, said the director, a normal person would pull the plug.

DO YOU WANT A BED BY THE WINDOW

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine · 07-27-2008, 08:27 PM

First, I'd take a bath (or let the Turkish Van delegates play in the water), then I'd pull the plug.

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine

Francis king · 07-31-2008, 11:30 AM

Bored of witnessing?
Tired of giving the public the same old message?

Then you need: disabled jokes 2- free with this week's Watchtower!

(well, I thought it was funny)

seattlegal · 07-31-2008, 12:09 PM

We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Francis king · 08-01-2008, 03:09 PM

it's okay to tell jokes about the Irish, or the mentally ill... but not about jews?

je ne comprende pas!

Quahom1 · 08-02-2008, 03:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Francis king

it's okay to tell jokes about the Irish, or the mentally ill... but not about jews?

je ne comprende pas!

Mon nom (Je m'apelle) "what ever the hell you want to call it", est Joshua. Je suis irlandais, et certains disent que je suis mentalement - défectuosité. Mais une chose que je sais, suis nous ne fais pas l'amusement de Dieu' ; personnes choisies par s.
Si vous comprendez, tres bien. Si vous non, je le regrete...

v/r

Q

17th Angel · 08-02-2008, 03:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Francis king

it's okay to tell jokes about the Irish, or the mentally ill... but not about jews?

je ne comprende pas!

That just comes down to your own morals and opinions....

greymare · 08-02-2008, 06:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quahom1

Mon nom (Je m'apelle) "what ever the hell you want to call it", est Joshua. Je suis irlandais, et certains disent que je suis mentalement - défectuosité. Mais une chose que je sais, suis nous ne fais pas l'amusement de Dieu' ; personnes choisies par s.
Si vous comprendez, tres bien. Si vous non, je le regrete...

v/r

Q

not fair.........english please

mee · 08-02-2008, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Francis king

Bored of witnessing?
Tired of giving the public the same old message?

Then you need: disabled jokes 2- free with this week's Watchtower!

(well, I thought it was funny)

its good to have a sense of humor

Naturally, what makes us smile or laugh differs from person to person and from culture to culture.

Just as beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, so humor depends on the mind of the spectator,

Humor is said to be the ability to see the funny or amusing side of things ,and talking about that .

Humor and False Religion

The Bible itself uses this type of humor in some places.

For example: The prophet Isaiah describes how a woodcutter chops down a laurel tree, uses part of the wood to make a fire by which he cooks his food and warms himself, "but the remainder of it he actually makes into a god itself, into his carved image. He prostrates himself to it and bows down and prays to it and says: ‘Deliver me, for you are my god.’"—Isa. 44:14-17;

now that is funny

seattlegal · 08-02-2008, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mee

its good to have a sense of humor

For example: The prophet Isaiah describes how a woodcutter chops down a laurel tree, uses part of the wood to make a fire by which he cooks his food and warms himself, "but the remainder of it he actually makes into a god itself, into his carved image. He prostrates himself to it and bows down and prays to it and says: ‘Deliver me, for you are my god.’"—Isa. 44:14-17;

now that is funny

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It is good to remember that it is God, not the vehicle, that is the agent of salvation....