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Owner of John Lennon's tooth hopes to clone the late Beatle
nbc ^ | Aug. 22, 2013 at 9:33 AM ET | Randee Dawn,

Posted on 08/23/2013 1:51:36 PM PDT by BenLurkin

The dentist who purchased John Lennon's rotten molar for $31,000 at a 2011 auction now has plans for the tooth: He's getting it genetically sequenced in the hopes of cloning the musician, who died in 1980

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: beatlemania; beatlemaniac; beatles; cloning; johnlennon
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1 posted on 08/23/2013 1:51:36 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

All he’ll end up with is a guy who looks just like John Lennon but who has none of the life experiences that made John Lennon the pot-smoking liberal that he was.


2 posted on 08/23/2013 1:53:30 PM PDT by MeganC (A gun is like a parachute. If you need one, and don't have one, you'll never need one again.)
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To: BenLurkin

He is going to clone the King of the hippies? What, 2 million Cambodians being slaughtered isn’t enough?


3 posted on 08/23/2013 1:56:49 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Someday our schools will teach the difference between "lose" and "loose")
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To: BenLurkin

As long as he has better taste in women, I’m fine with it.


4 posted on 08/23/2013 1:57:57 PM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: BenLurkin

The dentist needs to go see The Boys from Brazil.


5 posted on 08/23/2013 1:59:00 PM PDT by Truth29
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To: MeganC
...John Lennon the pot-smoking liberal that he was.

John Lennon was a closet Republican: Liked Ronald Reagan

Recall that 'Republican' back then could often mean 'conservative.'
6 posted on 08/23/2013 1:59:32 PM PDT by posterchild
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To: MeganC

Yes, cloning is popularly misunderstood. The child would have the same potential Lennon had at birth. That is all.

“I could have been a contender.”


7 posted on 08/23/2013 2:01:45 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: BenLurkin

Even if, by some medical miracle, the doctor could clone a live person from John Lennon’s tooth, there is no guarantee this person would be anything special whatsoever. Full talent is usually not passed on genetically without other conditions being in synch. If Paul and John met today, there would probably be way too much Government interference for them to grow and flourish as a source of music, especially if they were in disagreement with the governing powers in their countries. Today’s popular music is much meaner and more crude than back in the 60s. This is what’s selling today! This man is wasting his money, but it is his money, not mine.


8 posted on 08/23/2013 2:01:46 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: BenLurkin; a fool in paradise; Slings and Arrows

Me, I’m looking forward to Yoko Ono II !


9 posted on 08/23/2013 2:02:08 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: posterchild

His maturity does not negate (nor did he step-away from) encouraging contemporary youth in the use of heroin.


10 posted on 08/23/2013 2:03:53 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations - The acronym explains the science.)
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To: Revolting cat!

Jerome: http://www.johnspeedie.com/healy/jap.wav

Bob: http://www.johnspeedie.com/healy/wacky.wav

Jerome: http://www.johnspeedie.com/healy/submitted/jerome_brown_letsgo.mp3


11 posted on 08/23/2013 2:08:05 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Revolting cat!

What do Yoko Ono and Biafrians have in common?


12 posted on 08/23/2013 2:08:07 PM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
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To: PhiloBedo

Dunno, what?


13 posted on 08/23/2013 2:08:38 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: Revolting cat!

They both live off of dead beatles............


14 posted on 08/23/2013 2:09:11 PM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
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To: boatbums

Speaking of relics!


15 posted on 08/23/2013 2:20:02 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: BenLurkin
He'd be better off giving Chapman target practice lessons.

C'mon!!! She was only a couple of feet away!

16 posted on 08/23/2013 2:21:48 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:32 "The arrogant one will stumble and fall With no one to raise him up; And I will set)
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To: BenLurkin
yokoono photo: yoko yokoono.jpg

Maybe he'll write a sequel to "Revolution 9"...

17 posted on 08/23/2013 2:24:07 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: Revolting cat!
Me, I’m looking forward to Yoko Ono II !

Is she having your baby then, since it's up your 'alley'?

18 posted on 08/23/2013 2:24:09 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: BenLurkin

If human cloning were possible, people would be cloning themselves hoping for a second chance in life. Hilarious movie about cloning:

http://tinyurl.com/lphfbno


19 posted on 08/23/2013 2:27:10 PM PDT by Misterioso
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To: BenLurkin

Now he just needs a strand of Paul McCartney’s hair and some scientific breakthroughs and he’ll be rich for life. Or he’ll have two Dolly the Sheep that just happen to look like John and Paul.


20 posted on 08/23/2013 2:29:31 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Howdy to all you government agents spying on me.)
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