A man was driving his car down the road beside a provincial mental hospital. Suddenly, a wheel came off his car and continued rolling far down the street. He brought the car to a stop and jogged down the road to retrieve the wheel. He carried the wheel back to his vehicle and took the jack out of the trunk so that he could put the wheel back on. He realized that he was missing the lug nuts and proceeded to walk back up the street in the hopes of finding them. Unable to find the lug nuts, he walked back to his car, sat on the curb and tried to figure what his next step should be.
"Hey buddy!", a voice called out from behind the fence of the mental hospital.
"What?", asked the man.
"Take one lug nut off of each of your other wheels and use them to fasten the wheel that fell off. That should get you to the auto parts store where you can get replacements."
" That's ingenious," said the man, "why on earth are you inside that institution?".
"I'm here because I'm crazy," said the mental patient "not because I'm stupid."
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