Dolly the Sheep Alive Again 233
SpeZek writes "Dolly the sheep has been reborn. Four clones have been made by the scientist behind the original research.
The quads, which have been nicknamed 'the Dollies,' are exact genetic copies of their predecessor, who was put down seven years ago.
The latest experiments were partly carried out to check if improvements to the technique cut the risk of problems in and out of the womb.
Named after country and western singer Dolly Parton, Dolly was created from a cell taken from a mammary gland. The rest of the sample of tissue has lain in a freezer since, until it was defrosted to make the Dollies."
Just in time for christmas .... (Score:5, Funny)
Pass the mint jelly :-)
Re:Dolly Parton (Score:5, Funny)
REINCARNATION DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Just in time for christmas .... (Score:5, Funny)
I don't know, it is never as good after that. But still, with enough jelly...
Re:Dolly Parton (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I wonder how the pet resurrection is going (Score:5, Funny)
I would think after 3 or 4 incarnations you'd not feel so guilty about putting a bullet in one after it shits on the carpet
Obligatory Dune Reference (Score:3, Funny)
So it is written. (Score:4, Funny)
"That is not dead which can eternal lie,
And with strange aeons even death may die."
Four sheep at once (Score:5, Funny)
Now that is a Texas-size sexual fantasy!
Re:Dolly Parton (Score:5, Funny)
Well this news is simply TITillating!
Re:Dolly Parton (Score:5, Funny)
Reagan (Score:5, Funny)
The GOP is hoping to clone Ronald Reagan before the 2012 election, being that they are short real candidates.
Re:Dolly Parton (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Dolly Parton (Score:5, Funny)
Are we only going to here that nice pair of jokes
You could say this thread is a bust.
Re:I wonder how the pet resurrection is going (Score:4, Funny)
Exactly. When my dear kitty passes on I'm sure she'll want me to give another shelter cat the same chance at a happy life that she had.
Plus, why would I disturb her from her eternal nap? Surely that's any cat's idea of heaven.
Re:Dolly Parton (Score:5, Funny)
The whole thing went tits up!
Re:Awesome. (Score:3, Funny)
Time to rewrite the nursery rhymes. (Score:4, Funny)
Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was slightly grey,
It didn't have a father, just some borrowed DNA.
It sort of had a mother, though the ovum was on loan,
It was not so much a lambkin, as a little lamby clone.
And soon it had a fellow clone, and soon it had some more,
They followed her to school one day, all cramming through the door.
It made the children laugh and sing, the teachers found it droll,
There were too many lamby clones, for Mary to control.
No other could control the sheep; their programs didn't vary,
So the scientists resolved it all by simply cloning Mary.
But now they feel quite sheepish, those scientists unwary,
One problem solved! But what to do, with Mary, Mary, Mary...
-- by Anonymous (it's not mine; the writer's name is forgotten.)