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April 24, 2008
An insane story
Here is a true and recent story from a psychiatric unit.
The eminent consultant was making his ward round. He sat before a patient consulting his notes.
'Now I see that when we met last time, you said you had a penis sticking out of the side of your face.'
'What??' said the mad patient, somewhat disturbed.
The consultant was calmness personified, and kindly repeated his observation:
'When we last met - you said you had a penis growing out of the side of your face.'
The patient then screamed, lost his temper, like mad people do, and ran out of the room.
The consultant sat, a little surprised. He checked his notes again.
'Oh no,' he said, quietly. 'That was someone else.'
He didn't stay to apologise, however.
And so joined the ranks of the insane.
Posted by Mr Bojangles at April 24, 2008 03:06 PM