A married couple went to the hospital to have their baby
delivered. Upon their arrival, the doctor said he had
invented a new machine that would transfer a portion of
the mother's labor pain to the father. He asked if they
were willing to try it out. They were both very much in
favor of it.
The doctor set the pain transfer dial to 10% for starters,
explaining that even 10% was probably more pain than the
father had ever experienced before. But, as the labor
progressed, the husband felt fine and asked the doctor to
go ahead and bump it up a notch. The doctor then adjusted
the machine to 20% pain transfer.
The husband was still feeling fine. The doctor checked
the husband's blood pressure and was amazed at how well he
was doing. At this point they decided to try for 50%. The
husband continued to feel quite well. Since it was
obviously helping out his wife considerably, the husband
encouraged the doctor to transfer ALL the pain to him.
The wife delivered a healthy baby with virtually no pain.
She and her husband were ecstatic!
When they got home, the mailman was dead on their porch.
