# Send in the clones

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/send-in-the-clones/51824>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 26, 2001, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/send-in-the-clones/51824 "2001-01-26T04:55:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/send-in-the-clones/51824/1 "2001-01-26T04:55:38Z")

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I don’t make [this](http://www.clonaid.com/index.html) stuff up. (I have no idea if _they_are making it up.)

According to the description of one of the books these folk are pushing (gotta keep the cash flow going while they’re waiting for all this cloning business to take off, after all):

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> All life on Earth, including human beings, was originally created and designed scientifically in laboratories by the Elohim, an advanced people from space, using their perfect mastery of genetic engineering and DNA synthesis. […] [T]he word “Elohim,” which appears in the original Hebrew and was mistranslated as “God,” actually is a plural, meaning “those who come from the sky.”

In the description of the sequel book (hey, there were even sequels to the movie _Porky’s_) we learn author has even been taken to the planet of the Elohim. And you were probably thinking this was just silly.

Finally:

We also discover that:

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> Jesus, Moses, Buddha, and Mohammed[…]are still alive on their planet, thanks to an evolved technique of cloning, the secret of eternal life through scientific resurrection.

In short, ladies and gentlemen, maybe Elvis has _not_left the building.

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/send-in-the-clones/51824/2 "2001-01-26T05:13:00Z")

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did you click on the “subversions” link?

there is a story that pops up, which, I’m scared to even summarize it. Hysterical. I think Cecil just should retire. He’ll **never** win against sheer human stupidity if this guy is leading the pack.

I’m going to need tranqulizers after this one. I’m laughing here.

I think Steve Jackson games profiled this one in his “illuminated” site of the week a year ago. Nice to see he’s grown. I think.

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**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/send-in-the-clones/51824/3 "2001-01-26T05:40:11Z")

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I wonder how many people actually believe a company that cannot spell the word “compagny” correctly on their website can clone them?  
A very funny site. 🙂

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**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/send-in-the-clones/51824/4 "2001-01-26T06:11:39Z")

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From the “Subversions” link:

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> “The only desirable fanaticism in the one of liberty”

I have this mental image of Barry Goldwater as a new-age guru wearing a robe, and it’s killing me.

Also, if you go into the “UFOland” link, you will discover that:

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> UFOland is the LARGEST building (400 feet), built using bales of hay (5800) in the world.

I can’t help wondering…what happens if the Evil Farmer Conspiracy attacks UFOland with a herd of cattle?

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**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/send-in-the-clones/51824/5 "2001-01-26T06:15:14Z")

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You know, when I was a kid, you only got to read this sort of whacked crap by furtively sneaking away from the parents at airports.

What a wonderful world we live in, where the insane play a valuable part in our lives by interjecting much appreciated visions of a reality in which you and I do not exist.