This made me laugh and may be a you had to be there moment but just try to picture it.

We're on the locked ward were most patients are psychotic as was this one in particular. The activities assistant came over to our side to play botchi ball. It's a game where you take the little red botchi ball, put it in the grass and then throw bigger colored balls towards it. Whoever gets close (there are four sets of two colored balls each) wins. So nobody wants to play except this one psychotic guy. Even the assistant doesn't want to play.

So i go outside just to be outside. The patient then proceeds to place the botchi ball in the grass. He backs up and takes the first colored ball. As I'm watching he bends over and picks up a patch of grass, throws it in the air (presumably to see which way the wind is blowing, either that or for luck who knows). Then he lays down on the grass and lines up the ball. Then he proceeds to throw the colored ball so hard it flies past the botchi ball. He does this with all eight colored balls. Then he goes to collect all the balls and returns them to their box. He then tells the assistant, "Look we're missing some, there are only 11!"

I cracked up laughing, poor guy had no clue why. The therapist cracked a smile and all was well.

Love and hugs,
Tara