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Hey, I'll believe just about anything about Americans, so this might be true. Anyway, several of my friends claim there's a society in the US that roams auctions for bodily Elvis memorabilia. Toenail clippings, hairs, warts, clothes he's worn that haven't been washed, you name it. They store them all in a big fridge, until science has progressed far enough to - distract viable DNA from this collection and - reliable clone it up to a human being, Elvis II.
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Haven't heard a word about this one, personally. I can see Elvis fans wanting to collect stuff like this, but they'd also have to be tinfoil hat wearers to think they could make a clone.
I think that this would fall under the "Elvis fanatics will do almost anything" heading more than the "Americans will do almost anything" heading. Really, Elvis fans from any country are a little different.
ETA There is a link here that has to do with it. Definitely a humor piece, as all the hits I had from HotBot were in humor sites.
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Yeah, the 'compendium on Elvis sightings' on their website could be taken as a hint that it's all a joke. Then again, Americans, Elvis fans...they've done crazier things Posts: 142 | From: Netherlands | Registered: Aug 2005
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Hey, a clone Elvis wouldn't be a BAD thing.
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Years and years ago I read a paranormal magazine (can't remember which one) that had an article about the "Elvis Clone" and included an "Elvis Clone Sighting Report Form". I had to leave the room to stop laughing.
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"you do know elvis is dead, right?" "Elvis is not dead, he just went home."
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There has always been UL about the cloning of famous and influential people. The movie the "boys from brazil" is just one example. While it is nice to know that elvis has progressed to the same stature as hitler in terms of cloning (j/k, elvis is way more popular than hitler).
Correct me if I am wrong but even if one could correctly duplicate elvis's DNA perfectly enough to get an elvis lookalike, all the personal expirence which shapes a human being into who they are in their adult life could not be duplicated (outside a full on truman show scenario) and thus the things that made elvis "Elvis", the guitar playing, singin, even accent could not be easily duplicated. I mean who really wants to create an elvis clone when the clone could end up an overweight cable installer from milwaukee with a taste for fried PB and banana sandwiches, a plumbers crack the size of the grand canyon, and no musical talent what so ever?
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quote:Originally posted by Brrrtje: They store them all in a big fridge, until science has progressed far enough to - distract viable DNA from this collection and
Hey, Elvis DNA...LOOK OVER THERE!
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quote:Originally posted by Geeto67: "you do know elvis is dead, right?" "Elvis is not dead, he just went home."
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quote:Originally posted by Brrrtje: They store them all in a big fridge, until science has progressed far enough to - distract viable DNA from this collection and
Hey, Elvis DNA...LOOK OVER THERE!
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