JOKE: A married couple was in the hospital delivery room

A married couple was in the hospital delivery room awaiting the arrival of their first baby. The doctor asked if they would like to try his new invention: a machine that transfers a percentage of the mother's labor pains to the father. The wife was very much in favor and, well, no husband would ever admit that he couldn't handle as much pain as his wife. To start, the doctor set the pain transfer to 20%, after explaining that even that small amount was more pain than the father had ever experienced. But the husband took it in stride and even told the doctor to kick it up a notch. The doctor set the machine to 40% pain transfer. The husband felt fine. The doctor checked the husband's vital signs; he was amazed at how well he was doing, so he upped it to 60%. Still no problem. Since the pain transfer was obviously helping the wife considerably, the husband suggested the doctor transfer all the pain to him. The wife delivered a healthy baby with virtually no pain. She, her husband, and the doctor were all ecstatic. But when they got home, there was the mailman, dead on their front porch!