Catch-221970

Doc Daneeka:
You're wasting your time

Yossarian:
Can't you ground someone who's crazy?

Doc Daneeka:
Oh, sure. I have to. There's a rule saying I have to ground anyone who's crazy.

Yossarian:
Then why don't you ground me? I'm crazy. Ask Clevinger.

Doc Daneeka:
Clevinger? Where is Clevinger? You find Clevinger and I'll ask him.

Yossarian:
Then ask any of the others. They'll tell you how crazy I am.

Doc Daneeka:
They're crazy

Yossarian:
Then why don't you ground them?

Doc Daneeka:
Why don't they ask me to ground them?

Yossarian:
Because they're crazy, that's why.

Doc Daneeka:
Of course they're crazy, I just told you they're crazy, didn't I? And you can't let crazy people decide if they crazy or not.

Yossarian:
Is Orr crazy?

Doc Daneeka:
He sure is.

Yossarian:
Can you ground him?

Doc Daneeka:
I sure can. But first he has to ask me to. That's part of the rule.

Yossarian:
Then why doesn't he ask you to?

Doc Daneeka:
Because he's crazy, He has to be crazy to keep flying combat missions after all the close calls he's had. Sure, I can ground Orr. But first he has to ask me to.

Yossarian:
That's all he has to do to be grounded?

Doc Daneeka:
That's all. Let him ask me.

Yossarian:
And then you can ground him?

Doc Daneeka:
No. Then I cannot ground him. (Yossarian cries out in frustration) See, there's a catch, Catch-22. Anyone who wants to get out of combat duty isn't really crazy.

Yossarian:
That's some catch, that Catch-22.

Doc Daneeka:
It's the best there is.