# Clone scammer beams up to the Mothership

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 19, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clone-scammer-beams-up-to-the-mothership/340670 "2006-01-19T16:22:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cynical\_Optimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Cynical\_Optimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cynical_Optimist)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clone-scammer-beams-up-to-the-mothership/340670/1 "2006-01-19T16:22:15Z")

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It seems everyone’s [second favorite cult](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060117/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_science_korea_offer;_ylt=Ash9yxQk9Kv5KQiChwsSxeys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3NW1oMDRpBHNlYwM3NTc-) is making news again. (The favorite is, of course, the one with couch-jumping missionaries.)

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> PARIS (Reuters) - South Korean cloning expert Hwang Woo-suk, a science superstar disgraced when his pioneering stem cell research was unmasked as a hoax, has a new job offer from a UFO cult that says it has produced six human clones.
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> Clonaid, a company linked to a group that believes humans were cloned from prehistoric alien visitors to Earth, said it had offered him a post in one of its laboratories.

So the group who still haven’t shown the world their cloned bundles of joy has offered to hire the “expert” who’s claim to fame is the copy & paste function in Photoshop? Too bad he didn’t send his resume to [GSC](http://www.savingsandclone.com/), at least they’ve got something to show for the capital they’ve burned through.

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**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clone-scammer-beams-up-to-the-mothership/340670/2 "2006-01-19T19:45:04Z")

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> [@Cynical Optimist](#):
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> (The favorite is, of course, the one with couch-jumping missionaries.)

I assume you mean [Scientology?](http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/uploads/cruise_oprah_couch.jpg)  
On Preview: Actually, I suppose you do. I kind of thought maybe you were referring to something else, which made my reference that much funnier. ☹

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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clone-scammer-beams-up-to-the-mothership/340670/3 "2006-01-19T20:27:25Z")

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Both of you are so cynical. Really. _tsks_

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**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clone-scammer-beams-up-to-the-mothership/340670/4 "2006-01-19T20:34:21Z")

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I wouldn’t do Tom Cruise on a couch even if it was doggy-style. Blechh.