This is a little story about four people named
Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody.
There was an important job to be done and
Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it.
Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.
Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody's job.
Everybody thought that Anybody could do it,
but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it.
It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when
Nobody did what Anybody could have done.
Sanjay and Anitha were both patients in a mental hospital.
One day, while they were walking past the hospital swimming pool, Sanjay suddenly jumped into the deep end.
He sank to the bottom of the pool and stayed there.
Anitha promptly jumped to save him. She swam to the bottom and pulled Sanjay out.
When the Director of Nursing became aware of Anitha's heroic act, she considered her to be mentally stable.
She went to tell Anitha the news and said, "Anitha, I have good news and bad news."
"The good news is you're being discharged; since you were able to rationally respond to a crisis by jumping in and saving the life of another patient, I have concluded that your act displays a sound mind."
The bad news is that Sanjay, the patient you saved, hung himself in his bathroom with the belt to his robe right after you saved him. I am sorry,but he's dead."
Anitha replied, "He didn't hang himself, I put him there to dry. How soon can I go home?"
