A married couple went to the hospital together 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 of the baby. He asked if they
were willing to try it out. They were both very much
in favor of it.

The doctor set the knob 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, so he asked
the doctor to go ahead and bump it up a notch. The doctor
then adjusted the machine to 20 percent pain transfer.
The husband was still feeling fine.

The doctor checked the husband’s blood pressure and
pulse and was amazed at how well he was doing. At this,
they decided to try for 50 percent.

The husband continued to feel quite well. Since it was
obviously helping out his wife considerably, he 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.