Mental Health Institute

Here is the transcript of the new answering service recently installed at the Mental Health Institute.

"Hello, and welcome to the mental health hotline"

"If you are obsessive-compulsive, press 1 repeatedly"

"If you are co-dependent, please ask someone to press 2 for you"

"If you have multiple personalities, press 3, 4, 5 and 6"

"If you are paranoid, we know who you are and what you want .... stay on the line so we can trace your call"

"If you are delusional, press 7 and your call will be transferred to the mother-ship"

"If you are schizophrenic, listen carefully and a small voice will tell you which number to press"

"If you are manic-depressive, it doesn't matter which number you press, no-one will answer"

"If you are dyslexic, press 969696969696969696969696969696969696969"

"If you have a nervous disorder, please fidget with the hash key until a representative comes on the line"

"If you have amnesia, press 8 and state your name , address, phone number, date of birth, social security number and your mothers maiden name"

"If you have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, slowly and carefully press 000"

"If you have a bi-polar disorder, please leave a message after the beep or before the beep ...... or after the beep ..... please wait for the beep"

"If you have short-term memory loss, press 9 - If you have short-term memory loss, press 9 - If you have short-term memory loss, press 9 - If you have short-term memory loss, press 9 - If you have short-term memory loss, press 9"

If you have low self-esteem, please hang-up ...... all operators are too busy to talk to you"