The Mental Patient
- by Hénock Gugsa -
There is a little, harmless, Ethiopian joke about what transpired between a psychiatrist and a mental patient upon his release from an sanatorium.
So the patient had been doing extremely well, and the institute was now confident he can be released. They went thru all the necessary protocol, the paperwork was complete, and the patient was seeing his doctor for a final, exit interview.
The doctor asked the patient a simple but tricky question: Is a man a child even if he is old?
The patient smiled and answered, "Ah, Doc, a man can always be a child. It is all a state of mind."
The doctor was very impressed ... and so without any hesitation, he signed the final release paper and handed it to the patient.
The patient took the paper and the pass card, shook the doctor's hand and started walking to the door.
When he reached the door, he turned one last time to face the doctor and said this: I still got them, huh doctor?
The doctor looked up, surprised. "What?"
As he walked out the door, the patient pointed a finger at his own head and said, "My kidneys!"
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