It Takes Brains


          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."