A Cloning Poem
Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was slightly gray,
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 teacher found it droll,
There were too many lamby clone, for Mary to control.
No other could control the sheep, since 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!
-http://www.juliantrubin.com/cloningjokes.html
Famous Quotes
We've got ninety-nine percent the same genes as any other person. We've got ninety percent the same as a chimpanzee. We've got thrity percent the same as a lettuce. Does that cheer you up at all? I love about the lettuce. It makes me feel like I belong.
-CARYL CHURCHILL, A Number
Longevity, ,ike intelligence and good looks and health and strength of character, is largely a matter of genetic heritage. Choose your parents with care.
-A voice crying in the wilderness
The clonging of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behavior control, genetic engineering, transplanted heads, computer poetry and the unrestrained growth of plactis flowers.
-Lewis Thomas
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