Too much analysis

Published on November 7, 2006 By anydigitizing In Entertainment

Two psychiatrists were walking down a hall.

One turned to the other and said, "Hello."

The other one thought, "I wonder what he meant by that."

Comments

Jythier

on Nov 10, 2006

Well, the first psychiatrist was obviously offering the daily greeting that he is accustomed to giving all of his colleagues. This constitutes a conversational transaction worth 1 point. The proper response of the other psychiatrist, saying hello back, would have left both feeling much more at ease, as the conversation would then be an even, 1-1 trade. However, if he had responded with a 'Hello, how are you?' it could have led to a much higher worth of conversation, thus leaving the first psychiatrist, who was only looking for 1 point, feeling ill at ease.

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