A married couple went to the hospital to have their baby delivered. Upon their
arrival, the doctor said that the hospital was testing an amazing new high-tech
machine that would transfer a portion of the mother's labor pain to the baby's
father.
He asked if they were willing to try it out. Both said they were very much in
favour of it. The doctor set the pain transfer to 10 percent for starters,
explaining that even 10 percent 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 kick it up a notch. The doctor then adjusted the machine to 20 percent
pain transfer. The husband was still feeling fine.
The doctor then checked the husband's blood pressure and was amazed at how well
he was doing. At this point they decided to try for 50 percent.
The husband continued to feel quite well. Since the pain transfer was
obviously helping the wife considerably, the husband encouraged the
doctor to transfer ALL the pain to him.
The wife delivered a healthy baby with virtually no pain, and the husband had
experienced none. She and her husband were ecstatic.
When they got home they found the mailman dead on the porch!!!