A noted psychiatrist was a guest at a National
Organization for Women gathering, and his
hostess broached the subject in
which the doctor was most at ease.
"Would you mind telling me, Doctor,"
she asked, "how you detect a mental
deficiency in somebody who appears
completely normal?"
"Nothing is easier," he replied. "You ask him a
simple question which everyone should
answer with no trouble. If he hesitates, that
puts you on the track."
"What sort of question?"
"Well, you might ask him, 'Captain Cook made
three trips around the world and died during
one of them. Which one?'
The woman thought a moment, then said with
a nervous laugh, "You wouldn't happen to have
another example, would you? I must confess I
don't know much about history."
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