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So that’s why the sheep was called Dolly

The cell she is derived from comes from a mammary gland, and also gave rise to her name.
Sir Ian Wilmut, one of the scientists involved, said: “We couldn’t think of a more impressive pair of glands than Dolly Parton’s.”

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dearieme
dearieme
9 years ago

I suspect that the she-wolf’s Plan B is to bump off Slick Willie in the expectation of harvesting a sympathy vote.

GlenDorran
GlenDorran
9 years ago

Oh god, Sir Ian is about to experience the full fury of the outraged SJWs.

Alex
Alex
9 years ago

Has the Guardian been alerted to this horrific sexism ?
I expect CiF articles demanding that all the scientists involved be sacked.

Surreptitious Evil
9 years ago

This was well known at the time? So, of course, it will be new to the Guardian.

Bloke in Germany
Bloke in Germany
9 years ago

It does illustrate just how quickly political correctness has spewed all over us. Where’s IanB, he usually has an interesting viewpoint on this kind of thing.

The Meissen Bison
The Meissen Bison
9 years ago

Very wise to slip out this news quietly on the day that Fireman Sam disses the Koran and dominates the world of outrage.

Bloke in Wales
Bloke in Wales
9 years ago

Very wise to slip out this news quietly on the day that Fireman Sam disses the Koran and dominates the world of outrage.

Well, it was pretty bad that Fireman Sam walked on pages of the koran.

The pages should have been rolled up and attached to the wall of the station bogs.

Anoneumouse
Anoneumouse
9 years ago

Thanks for the mammary

Rational Anarchist
9 years ago

The fireman sam thing seems a little blown up out of all proportion – it was a single page that bears a passing resemblance in an episode broadcast nearly two years ago.

Mattel have said that they won’t work with the animation company again – no matter how good the rest of their output, that’s one revenue stream closed off (unless they were crap and Mattel were looking for an excuse).

JuliaM
9 years ago

What BiW said….

Bloke in Costa Rica
Bloke in Costa Rica
9 years ago

I find pages of the Koran make good firelighters to get the charcoal going nicely when you’re having a pig roast.

KJ
KJ
9 years ago

Certainly one of the finest female singer-songwriters of my lifetime. That’s Dolly Parton not Dolly the Sheep.

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