During a visit to my doctor, I asked him, "How do you determine when a retired person should go into a care home?"
"Well," he said, "There's a simple test. We fill a bath with warm water, then we give the person a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket,
then ask him or her to empty the bathwater."
"Oh, I understand," I said. "A normal person would use the bucket because it is much bigger than the spoon or the teacup, so it would do the job quicker."
"No" he said. "A normal person would just pull the plug. Do you want a bed near the window?"
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"Well," he said, "There's a simple test. We fill a bath with warm water, then we give the person a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket,
then ask him or her to empty the bathwater."
"Oh, I understand," I said. "A normal person would use the bucket because it is much bigger than the spoon or the teacup, so it would do the job quicker."
"No" he said. "A normal person would just pull the plug. Do you want a bed near the window?"
Got another one?