The Love Story of Ralph and Edna
Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't
mean
they don't love you with all they have.
Ralph and Edna were both patients in a mental hospital. One day while
they
were walking past the hospital swimming pool, Ralph suddenly jumped into
the
deep end. He sank to the bottom of the pool and stayed there. Edna
promptly
jumped in to save him. She swam to the bottom and pulled him out.
When the Head Nurse Director became aware of Edna's heroic act she
immediately ordered her to be discharged from the hospital, as she now
considered her to be mentally stable.
When she went to tell Edna the news she said, 'Edna, I have good news and
bad news. The good news is you're being discharged, since you were able
to
rationally respond to a crisis by jumping in and saving the life of the
person you love. I have concluded that your act displays sound
mindedness.
The bad news is, Ralph hung himself in the bathroom with his bathrobe belt
right after you saved him. I am so sorry, but he's dead.'
Edna replied, 'He didn't hang himself, I put him there to dry.
How soon can I go home?'
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