Subject: Blind Irishman
In Ireland there is a mental institution that every year picks two of
its most reformed patients and questions them. If they answer the
questions right they are free to leave.
This year the two lucky gents were Pat and Mike. They were called
down to the office and left there by the orderly. They were told to
wait while the doctor got their files.
The doctor came out and motioned for Pat to come in for his question-
ing. When Pat came into the office he was instructed to sit in the
seat across from the doctor.
"Pat, you know the tradition of this institution so I imagine you know
why you are here. You will be asked two questions, and if you answer
them right, you will be free to go. Do you understand all that you
have been told?" said the doctor with a rather sly grin.
Pat nodded and the doctor began to question him. The first question
was "Pat, if I was to poke out one of your eyes what would happen?"
"I would be half blind of course," Pat answered without much thought.
"What would happen if I poked out the other eye, too?"
"I would be completely blind," said Pat knowing that he had just got-
ten his freedom.
The doctor then sent him outside while he drew up the paperwork and
studied Mike's files. When Pat got into the waiting room however, he
told Mike what the questions would be and what the correct answers
were.
The doctor called Mike in and he followed the same procedure that he
had with Pat. "Mike, the first question is what would happen if I cut
off your ear?"
"I would be blind in one eye," he said remembering what he had been
told.
This received a perplexed look from the doctor but he just simply
asked the other question so that he could figure out what the man was
thinking.
"Mike, what would happen if I cut off your other ear, too?"
"I would be completely blind," he answered with a smile as if he knew
he had passed.
"Mike, what were you thinking when you answered the questions?"
"I was thinking that me hat would fall down over me eyes."
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