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 favor 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 UPS man dead on the
porch. ....
