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Mental Deficiency
A noted psychiatrist was a guest at an academic function, and his hostess
naturally broached the subject in which the doctor was most at ease.
"Would you mind telling me, Doctor," she asked,"how you detect a mental
deficiency in somebody who appears completely normal?"
"Nothing is easier," he replied. "You ask a simple question which anyone
should answer with no trouble. If the person hesitates,that puts you on
the right track." "What sort of question?"
"Well, you might ask them, 'Captain Cook made three trips around the world
and died during one of them. Which one?'"
The hostess thought a moment, then said with a nervous laugh,"You wouldn't
happen to have another example would you? I must confess I don't know much
about history."
A noted psychiatrist was a guest at an academic function, and his hostess
naturally broached the subject in which the doctor was most at ease.
"Would you mind telling me, Doctor," she asked,"how you detect a mental
deficiency in somebody who appears completely normal?"
"Nothing is easier," he replied. "You ask a simple question which anyone
should answer with no trouble. If the person hesitates,that puts you on
the right track." "What sort of question?"
"Well, you might ask them, 'Captain Cook made three trips around the world
and died during one of them. Which one?'"
The hostess thought a moment, then said with a nervous laugh,"You wouldn't
happen to have another example would you? I must confess I don't know much
about history."