The Bathtub Test

During a visit to my doctor  yesterday, I asked him, "How do you determine

whether an older person should  be put in an assisted living home?"

He said, "we fill up a  bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup

and a bucket to the person to  empty the bathtub."

"Oh, I understand," I said.  "A normal person would use the bucket because

it is bigger than the spoon or  the teacup."

"No" he said. "A normal  person would pull the plug.... Do you want a bed

near the  window?"

(…thx Colin)