A woman diagnosed as having a brain tumor was told by her doctor that she
would need the transplant of a one-pound brain.
The doctor then asked, "What type of brain do you want?"
"What type?" the woman asked.
"Yes," replied the doctor. "There is a substantial difference in price. For
example, a one-pound brain of a surgeon costs $60,000, while you can get a
one-pound brain of a nuclear physicist for $50,000, and so on.
"Can you give me a one-pound lawyer's brain? Ever since I was a little girl
I've dreamed of being a trial attorney."
"That's $250,000," the doctor replied.
"Why so much? the woman asked. "That's over four times what a surgeon's brain
costs."
"Do you have any idea how many lawyers it takes to produce a pound of brain?"
the doctor replied.