Lavinda Past
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A noted psychiatrist invited questions from the audience at a seminar in Dublin.
"Would you mind telling me, Doctor," Paddy asked, "how you detect a mental deficiency in somebody who appears completely normal?"
"That's easy," he replied. "You ask them a simple question which everyone should be able to answer with no trouble. If they hesitate, that puts you on the right track."
"What sort of question would you ask Doctor?"
"Well, you might ask them... Captain Cook made three trips around the world and died during one of them. Which one?"
Paddy thought for a moment, then said
"You wouldn't happen to have another example would you...? I don't know much about history."
"Would you mind telling me, Doctor," Paddy asked, "how you detect a mental deficiency in somebody who appears completely normal?"
"That's easy," he replied. "You ask them a simple question which everyone should be able to answer with no trouble. If they hesitate, that puts you on the right track."
"What sort of question would you ask Doctor?"
"Well, you might ask them... Captain Cook made three trips around the world and died during one of them. Which one?"
Paddy thought for a moment, then said
"You wouldn't happen to have another example would you...? I don't know much about history."