Dolly, The Sheep Who Changed the World
Monica Galetti walks with you
Dolly the sheep is a local celebrity. She is the first mammal created through cloning.
It would be great to see them serve lambington cakes. Also, woolsh cake.
I’m not responsible for these terrible puns. Blame science. The shockingly funny documentary Dolly: The Sheep that Changed The World (BBC2) featured many bad gags from labs.
Even her name was a joke — chosen because Dolly was cloned with a cell taken from an adult sheep’s mammaries. When the biotechnicians with white coats stop sniggering about mammaries, mention it and they will start to sing Dolly Parton songs.
Country music’s queen accepted this unsavory compliment with good humor. She said, “There is no baaaad publicity.” (Y’all are aware that it is expensive to view this sheep. . .’ (She might have even added)

The hilarious and unexpectedly funny documentary Dolly: The Sheep that Changed The World (BBC2) featured a lot of gags taken from labs

Dolly, the first ever cloned sheep in the world, was only six years of age, which is half the lifespan of an average sheep.
Like her namesake, Dolly — created from an ovum fused with mammary cells via a hypodermic needle — was a bit of a diva, thrilled by her fame. Karen Walker (embryologist) said that Dolly was beautiful and she had no idea.
“If she had lipstick she would have applied it for reporters.” She could literally fluff up.
Karen holds a scrap of wool in a frame, which she saved from Dolly the sheep shearer who was the champion world sheep shearer.
She predicts that it will end up on Antiques Roadshow. Roslin Institute is a delightfully bizarre institution, for all of the groundbreaking science that allowed cloning.
Karen carried the embryos she believed to be in the laboratory from the farm. Vets then implanted the eggs into the wombs. Karen wrapped the cells under her bra strap so they would stay at room temperature.
Protesters for animal rights objected at the experiment. A group of protesters outraged by science’s potential end to natural reproduction threatened to have their sex on the lawns. Boffins sighed, “Unfortunately,” but it never happened.
Cloning was for a time the hope of humanity’s future. One man reached out to the Roslin scientists, asking them to create a clone of his bride, who died shortly before their wedding. Gently, the scientists explained they could, in theory, do this — but his bride would be a baby.
Dolly lived six years, roughly half the lifespan of an average sheep. When she died, Dolly was 65 years old. She had been overweight and was spoiled by all the people who wanted to treat her.

In addition to the constant flow of witticisms and chatter from TV host and chef Monica Galetti, it was also banal and boring.

She kept repeating, “Look at that,” stopping and taking in the views. But of course we were looking at it — we were watching the programme
She is now stuffed and displayed at the National Museum of Scotland. This is better than becoming a leg or mutton.
Keep in mind her father, who was a genetically-engineered ewe and whose milk had human hormones. Tracy was her name. The triplets were all named Polly. They were resolutely loved by the world.
Also, the Pollys produced hormones for human use in medical treatments. When asked about why sheep were chosen for this experiment, one scientist replied that mice could be used. . . But you would have to milk a lot of mice.
Walking With Monica Galetti was not only a constant source of humor, but also the banal, dull chatter of chef Monica Galetti. . . (BBC2).
While hiking from Chimney Bank towards Church House on the North York Moors she spoke in a hushed tone, uttering phrases like, “I really can’t even remember the last times I was alone going for a walk such as this.”
She kept repeating, “Look at that,” stopping and taking in the views. But of course we were looking at it — we were watching the programme. Next time, the producers need to send scientists. We’d at least get some jokes.