Cloning

Just when I thought we were as advanced scientifically as it is possible to be, and new discoveries were leveling off with only refinements of old inventions, along comes cloning. The prospects are multifarious.

I propose that men are cloned to look like Cary Grant and women cloned to look like Marilyn Monroe. It would simplify mating. It would put an end to adultery. Men would self-destruct when they were 60 and women at 30.

We need somebody to do the dirty work. We could clone short, stocky persons who are best able to pick lettuce and grapes. Strong, small-sized women could be cloned to operate sewing machines and not to take up too much floor space. This could bring the garment industry back from China. The working people would be designed so that they would be impotent and not able to reproduce. They would destruct early before they could collect Social Security.

The Marilyns would be verboten for the working class. We could create a commission to make the proper decisions. A commission that comes to mind would be made up of experienced, retired ex-condo directors. I foresee a glorious future.

MARTIN BURTON

Rancho Palos Verdes