"Discharged"

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 Director
of Nursing 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 I have some bad news. The good news
is that 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, though, is that Ralph hanged himself in the
bathroom with his bathrobe belt right after you saved him.
I'm 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?"