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Seeking Asylum
The insane (and our fear of them) feature in a number of urban legends.
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Sane people are
mistaken
for lunatic asylum inmates.
Asylum inmate saves the day for a motorist stranded with a
flat tire
.
FBI agents holed up in a psychiatric hospital attempt to order
pizzas
from an incredulous delivery man.
Someone who has taken LSD more than
seven
times is automatically deemed legally insane.
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Excessive LSD use leaves young man convinced he's a glass of
orange juice
.
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POW who maintains his sanity by playing imaginary game of
golf
every day finds upon his release that his real game has markedly improved.
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One-item psych test will reveal the
psychopaths
in your life.
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