Cloning business runs out of lives
California company finds little demand for costly cat copies
SAN FRANCISCO -- Genetic Savings & Clone, a biotechnology company that sold cloned pets, has sent letters to its customers informing them that it will close at the end of the year because of little demand for cloned cats. The company had recently reduced the price from $50,000 to $32,000.
The letters said the Sausalito company was not accepting new orders for clones because it was "unable to develop the technology to the point that cloning pets is commercially viable."
Huh. Who woulda' thunk that few would be willing to pay $32k for a cat clone?
To add to what Sumi said [spoilery for backstory]
and the younger brother was killed in a crash, so add that to the tension. And especially add that Starbuck, as his instructor, didn't think he had the chops, but passed him anyway. There's all sorts of dangerous territory there.
I heard it was snowing in Minnesota today too, to which I say: can I have your snow, please? Here it's just miserable wind and rain.
Ooh, it's still snowing out. But even more. Harder. Or something.
Well, why pay 32K for a clone when you can adopt any number of cats much, much easier. You can buy any number of purebred cats too -- for MUCH less than 32K.
Well, why pay 32K for a clone when you can adopt any number of cats much, much easier. You can buy any number of purebred cats too -- for MUCH less than 32K.
But it won't be
your cat!
Of course, neither will the clone...
Cute Get Fuzzy today: [link]
From beneath you the radioactive snails devour....
"Reuters is reporting discovery of radioactive snails in the area where three hydrogen bombs were lost by US in the 1966. The radioactive creatures crawl up from underground, where authorities suspect deposits of uranium and plutonium may be located."
1966? Huh. I guess even
radioactive
snails crawl really slow.
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