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 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

as amazed at how well he was doing.

At this point, they decided to try for 50%.

The husband continued to feel quite well.

Since the pain transfer was obviously helping out

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. She and her husband were ecstatic.

When they got home, the mailman was dead on the

porch."