The Bathtub Test

*humor sequence activated*

During a visit to the mental asylum, I asked the Director how do you determine 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,' I said. '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?'

*lame joketime shutdown mode*

(Afterthoughts)
As I was halfway through reading this joke I thought "screw that, I'd just use the drain." But I would also have worn the bucket on my head, filled up the teacup with water and used the spoon to take sips to quench my thirst from the hard work of draining the tub.