Gene Stevens
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A noted psychiatrist was a guest speaker at an academic function where
Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi happened to appear.
Ms. Pelosi took the opportunity to schmooze the good doctor a bit, and asked him a question with which he was most at ease.
'Would you mind telling me, Doctor,' she askedd,'how you detect a mental deficiency in somebody who appears completely normal?'
'Nothing is easier,' he replied. 'You ask a simple question which anyone should answer with no trouble. If the person hesitates, that puts you on the track.'
'What sort of question?' asked Pelosi.
Well, you might ask, 'Captain Cook made three trips around the world and died during one of them. Can you tell me - Which one?''
Pelosi thought a moment, and 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.'
Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi happened to appear.
Ms. Pelosi took the opportunity to schmooze the good doctor a bit, and asked him a question with which he was most at ease.
'Would you mind telling me, Doctor,' she askedd,'how you detect a mental deficiency in somebody who appears completely normal?'
'Nothing is easier,' he replied. 'You ask a simple question which anyone should answer with no trouble. If the person hesitates, that puts you on the track.'
'What sort of question?' asked Pelosi.
Well, you might ask, 'Captain Cook made three trips around the world and died during one of them. Can you tell me - Which one?''
Pelosi thought a moment, and 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.'