During a visit to my doctor, I asked him, “How do you determine whether or not an older person should be placed in a nursing home.”

“Well,” he said, “we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the person and ask them to empty the bathtub.”

“Oh, I understand! A normal person would use the bucket because it’s 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?”