- Dec 28, 1999
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This is what a friend of mine e-mailed me today. If this has already been posted.... A thousand pardons... Please forgive me...yadda yadda. 
In the hospital the relatives gathered in the waiting
room, where their family member lay gravely ill.
Finally, the doctor came in looking tired and somber.
"I'm afraid I'm the bearer of bad news," he said as he
surveyed the worried faces. "The only hope left for your
loved one at this time is a brain transplant.
It's an experimental procedure, semi-risky and you will
have to pay for the brain yourselves."
The family members sat silent as they absorbed the news.
After a great length of time, someone asked, "Well, how much
does a brain cost?"
The doctor quickly responded, "$5,000 for a male brain,
and $200 for a female brain." The moment turned awkward.
Men in the room tried not to smile, avoiding eye contact
with the women, but some actually smirked.
A man, unable to control his curiosity, blurted out the
question everyone wanted to ask, "Why is the male brain
so much more?"
The doctor smiled at the childish innocence and so to the
entire group said, "It's just standard pricing procedure.
We have to mark down the price of the female brains,
because they've actually been used."
In the hospital the relatives gathered in the waiting
room, where their family member lay gravely ill.
Finally, the doctor came in looking tired and somber.
"I'm afraid I'm the bearer of bad news," he said as he
surveyed the worried faces. "The only hope left for your
loved one at this time is a brain transplant.
It's an experimental procedure, semi-risky and you will
have to pay for the brain yourselves."
The family members sat silent as they absorbed the news.
After a great length of time, someone asked, "Well, how much
does a brain cost?"
The doctor quickly responded, "$5,000 for a male brain,
and $200 for a female brain." The moment turned awkward.
Men in the room tried not to smile, avoiding eye contact
with the women, but some actually smirked.
A man, unable to control his curiosity, blurted out the
question everyone wanted to ask, "Why is the male brain
so much more?"
The doctor smiled at the childish innocence and so to the
entire group said, "It's just standard pricing procedure.
We have to mark down the price of the female brains,
because they've actually been used."
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