英语笑话

789　A Great Invention 伟大的发明

A married couple went to the hospital to have their baby delivered. The doctor said that he had invented a machine that would transfer a portion of the 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 knob at 10%, explaining that even 10% 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 bump the machine up to 20%. The doctor checked the husband's blood pressure and pulse and was amazed at how well he was doing. At 50% the husband was still holding up fine, since this was obviously helping out his wife he encouraged the doctor to transfer all of the pain. The wife delivered a healthy baby with virtually no pain. Everything was great until they got home and found the mailman dead on their porch.

一对夫妇到医院去生孩子。医生说他发明了一种机器，可以把生孩子的痛苦转移一部分给父亲。他问他们是否愿意试试。他们俩都愿意。于是医生把旋钮设置在10%上面。他说，10%就已经比父亲以前所经历过的任何痛苦都要痛了。然而，随着生产的进展，丈夫觉得没问题，就要求医生把机器加到20%。医生测了他的血压和脉搏，对他的良好状况表示惊讶。加到50%的时候，依然没问题。由于这对妻子明显有帮助，他就鼓励医生把全部痛苦都转移到他身上。这样，妻子几乎没有痛苦地生了一个健康的宝宝。一切都非常好，直到他们回到家里，发现邮差死在他们家的门廊里。