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 baby's

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.

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% 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 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.