Surgeons at Stanford University's Center for Medical Theatrics yesterday announced that they had successfully exchanged the brains of two female human subjects.
Following weeks of frantic media speculation, it was revealed that the two subjects were in fact pop music superstars Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. The surgical team commented that they had spent months screening potential candidates. The group's spokesman remarked that the primary concern over the operation was the possibility of diminished mental capacity in the subjects following the procedure. He said that the team concluded that the best way to minimize that risk would be to choose subjects with minimal capacity to put at risk.
In their first joint public appearance since the operation, the two entertainers at first appeared to be uncertain about what had transpired. Said Miss Spears (Aguilera): "I think it was a brain transplant. It might have been a kidney transplant. I can't be sure."
Miss Aguilera (Spears) observed, "She looks just like me. Actually, I think she might be me. In that case, I would be her also. I'm so confused."
When asked if the brain exchange was permanent, and how they felt about the future, Miss Spears (or possibly Miss Aguilera) replied: "I don't know. Can the doctors reverse it, or do they have to do a whole second operation?"