A physician visited a California mental
institution and asked a patient "How did you get here? What is the nature of your
illness?"
He got this reply.
"It started when I got married and I
guess I should never have done it. I got hitched to a widow with a grown daughter who then
became my stepdaughter."
"My Daddy came to visit us, fell in
love with my lovely stepdaughter, then married her. And so my stepdaughter was now my
stepmother."
"Soon my wife had a son who was, of
course, my daddy's brother-in-law since he is the half-brother of my stepdaughter, who is
now, of course, my daddy's wife. So as I told you, when stepdaughter married my daddy, she
was at once, my stepmother. Now since my new son is brother to my stepmother, he also
became my uncle."
"As you know, my wife is my step
grand-mother since she is my stepmother's mother. Don't forget that my stepmother is my
stepdaughter. Remember, too, that I am my wife's grandson."
"But hold on just a few minutes more.
you see, since I'm married to my step grand-mother, I am not only the wife's grandson and
her hubby, but I am also my own grandfather."
"Now can you understand how I got put
in this place?"
