Comic Relief, Please!

It is a somber gathering. Straight faces. Seriousness. Deep discussion. Debate. It could be any number of circumstances - from a funeral, a loved one with an illness is in the hospital, a family disagreement, or a seemingly innocent blog...people are intense, focused, deep in thought...and, yes, I am the idiot in the corner cracking jokes. I'll admit it! I just fall to the pressure, people! I find myself wanting to force a smile or at the very least a smirk upon those serious, stone cold faces. Wit, humor, even a knock-knock joke delivered at the right moment can for a short time put at ease those that are up in arms. So, how about some comic relief?!?!

I heard this joke the other day - er, I read it on a blog linked through a friend's blog...HA...my friend's husband's brother's daughter's birthday blog. Try to follow that one, I dare ya!

Anyhoo...here's the joke:

"A man took his pregnant wife to the hospital to give birth. The doctor told them that they'd developed a new machine and asked if the couple would like to try it out. The machine could take some of the pain of childbirth from the mother and give it to the father to ease the mother's burden.

Well, they thought that was a good idea, and decided to give it a try. The doctor initially set the machine on 10 percent, telling the man that even 10 percent was probably more pain than he'd ever experienced. But the husband was surprised at how little pain he was feeling, and asked the doctor to raise the level.

The doctor increased it to 20 percent, and when the man still felt fine, he raised it to 50 and finally 100 percent.

After it was all over, the man stood up, and stretched a little. Both he and his wife felt fine, and they shortly left the hospital to take the baby home.

It was then that they found the mailman dead on their doorstep."

I love it!!! Anyone else?