A man is out in the Chinese wilderness and he's hopelessly lost. It's been nearly three weeks since he's eaten anything other than what he could forage and he's been reduced to sleeping in caves and under trees.

One afternoon he comes upon an old cottage in the woods. It has vines covering most of it and the man can't see any other buildings in the area. Howe ver, he sees smoke coming out of the chimney implying someone is home.

He knocks on the door and an old man answers, with a beard almost down to the ground. The old man squints his eyes and says "What do you want?"

The man says "I've been lost for the past three weeks and haven't had a decent meal or sleep since that time. I would be most gracious if I could have a meal and sleep in your house for tonight."

The old Chinese man says "I'll let you come in on one condition: You cannot mess around with my granddaughter." The man, exhausted and hungry readily agrees, saying: "I promise I won't cause you any trouble. I'll be on my way tomorrow morning."

The old Chinese man counters: "Ok, but if I do catch you, then I'll give you the three worst Chinese torture tests ever known to man."

"Ok, Ok" the man said as he entered the old house. Besides, he thought to himself, what kind of woman would live out in the wilderness all her life?

Well, that night, the man gets cleaned up and comes downstairs for dinner. He then saw how beautiful the grandaughter was. She was an absolute pearl, and while he had only been lost three weeks, it had been many,many months without companionship. The girl had only seen the occasional monk besides her grandfather and well, they both couldn't keep their eyes off each other throughout the meal.

That night, the man snuck into the girl's bedroom and they had quite a time, but had kept the noise down to a minimum.

The man crept back to his room later that night thinking to himself, "Any three torture tests would be worth it after that experience."

The next morning the man wakes up to find a heavy weight on his chest. He opens his eyes and sitting on his chest is a huge rock. On the rock was a sign saying: "1st Chinese torture test: 100 lb rock on your chest."

"What a lame torture test" the man thought to himself as he got up and walked over to the window. He opened the shutter and threw the rock out.

On the backside of the rock is another sign saying: "2nd worst Chinese torture test: Rock tied to right testicle".

The man, seeing that the rock was too far out the window to be grabbed, jumps out the window after the rock. Outside the window is a third sign saying: "3rd worst Chinese torture test: Left testicle tied to bedpost."