The Bathtub test
>>>
>>>It doesn’t hurt to take a hard look at yourself from time to time,
>>>and
>>>this should help get you started. During a visit to the mental
>>>asylum, a
>>>visitor asked the Director what the criterion was which defined
>>>whether
>>>or not a patient should be institutionalized.
>>>
>>>”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 it’s bigger than the spoon or the teacup.”
>>>
>>>”No.” said the Director, “A normal person would pull the plug.
>>>Do you want a bed near the window?”