| At the mental hospital the new inmate, Banta, announced in a loud voice, "I', Gen Musharraf." This was particularly interesting, because the hospital already had a "Gen Musharraf." The head psychiatrist, after due consideration, decided to put the two men in the same room, feeling that the similarity of their delusions might prompt an adjustment in each that would help in curing them. It was a calculated risk, of course, for the two men might react violently to one another, but they were introduced and then left alone and no disturbance was heard from the room that night. The next morning, the doctor had a talk with Banta and was more than pleasantly surprised when he was told, "Doctor, I've been suffering from a delusion. I know now for a fact that I am not Gen Musharraf." "That's wonderful," said the doctor, "Who are you?" Smiling coyly, our Banta replied, "I am Mrs. Musharraf." |