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To: Boyd Zander who wrote (516)	4/23/1999 1:24:00 AM
From: Susie924	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2380

>> >THE BRAIN: >> > >> >The patient's family gathered to hear what the >> >specialists had to say. >> >"Things don't look good. The only chance is a brain transplant. This is >> >an experimental procedure. It might work, but the bad news is that brains >> >are very expensive, and you will have to pay the costs yourselves." >> > >> >"Well, how much does a brain cost?" asked the relatives. >> > >> >"For a male brain, $500,000. For a female brain,$200,000." >> > >> >Some of the younger male relatives tried to look shocked, but all the men >> >nodded because they thought they understood. A few actually smirked. But >> >the patient's daughter was unsatisfied and asked, "Why the difference in >> >price between male brains and female brains?" >> > >> >"A standard pricing practice," said the head of the team. "Women's >> >brains >> >have to be marked down because they have actually been used." >> >