The Khronicles

 The Bilingual Community Newspaper

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    ISSUE NO. 37 MAY 2009 WWW.KO-GO.GR    


The Khronicles

A division of

Ko-Go Επιχειρήσεις

Box 332
Kokkini Hani 71500
Web address: www.ko-go.gr
editor@ko-go.gr
Telephone: 2810-762748
Fax: 2810-762816

Publisher:

Sofia Klidi

Editor:

Lou Duro

Associate Editors:

Tony & Christine Bowes

Web Editor

John McLaren

Contributors/
Columnists:

Renie Spykerman, Petra Karreman, Maria Daskalaki, John McLaren, Bob Bayes, Father Dimitris Mihouthis, Father Leonidas Hatzakis, Vasiliki Alexaki-Hronaki, Michalis Vardakis, Niki Yiamalaki, Dr. Vangelis Athousakis, Nikolaos Papadakis, Spyros Hatzakis, Jasmine Farsarakis

Translations:

Ada Vamvoukaki

Photographer:

Sami Moudavaris

Layout & Design:

George Drakakis

Printed By:

G Detorakis


 
THROUGH MY EYES

By Renie Spykerman
spikes1964@hotmail.com


Achievement

And they did it again . . .

First, a few years ago, they cloned a sheep. Well, that’s what they want to make us think.

See, if I was a genius scientist I would start cloning a flee or a goldfish. Something small. But no, they started with a sheep, probably 'cause a sheep is nice, cuddly and functional . . . that is if they cloned it before shaving season. Anyway, ancient history till today.

It’s all over the net that in Dubai they cloned a camel! You may wonder why a camel. The answer to that is quite easy, although the actual scientist tries to cover it up with some smarty pants reasons like: well, uhhh, they give lotsa milk and they can run real fast.


Come on guys, be honest. Camels in the Middle East are a very valuable commodity 'cause ten strong healthy camels buy you one mighty fine young woman! If you let that sink in a bit you suddenly realize what they are actually doing, they are printing their own money.

Yes, I agree, strange packaging, but still a trading tool, and therefore just like money . . .  and therefore a criminal offense in my book.

Talking about money . . . we all know that half the world’s currency that has magically disappeared over the last year was in great part due to devaluated properties. Well here you are. I just found the other half. I bet you that way down there in Dubai all our oil and petrol bucks were needed to fund the cloning of a camel. Can it get any better? Yes it can.

But we’re drifting off the subject. Dolly the sheep was born in 1996 and put down (yes you read that correctly) in 2005. Now probably this new camel, that is called Achievement, will be joined in no time by a few brothers like Overachievement, Underachievement and Mistake.

When they are traded for a beautiful virgin, she will probably be put down in a year or so, but hey, that’s only logistics. No seriously, let’s say Achievement doesn’t do as well as one would hope and needs to be put down. And let’s say there will be a bit more cloning over the next few decades. A few dogs and cats, later on a chimpanzee or a gorilla, some will be ok and others won’t be, so maybe they will have to be put down, too. And just for fun, let’s say we can all buy an all-in-one-cloning package at the local drugstore in a century or two. You know, like a pregnancy test with instructions for use, and surgical gloves. And let’s say you think it’s a good day to have a carbon copy of yourself or a loved one hanging around the house. And let’s say this exact duplicate of you or your husband or your child doesn’t quite meet your standards. And needs to be put down.

Would that be a crime?


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