To protect ‘the guilty’ i’ve changed the names so it’s Malcolm and Fr Tom.
The setting is a boys’ boarding school run by monks.
Malcolm, short and skinny, went to the library to ask the head librarian,
Fr Tom (also short and skinny) if he had any books on cloning. This was back
in the day when cloning was just beginning to gather notice and to be taken
seriously and Malcolm who’d entered the Young Scientist of the Year competition
was keen to present a project on the subject.
Fr Tom hadn’t heard of cloning and asked Malcolm to explain. Malcolm
told him what he knew and Fr Tom said, ‘You mean if this thing works
we could have twenty little yous.’
‘Yes, Father, but it could be worse.’
‘How?’
‘It could be twenty little yous.’
Kicked out of the library and had to get classmates to borrow books for him
but Malcolm went on to win Young Scientist of the Year.
Today, he’s a consultant oncologist.
johnpoetflanagan 
Haha…! Cool and witty!!!!!! Regards….
Glad you liked it, Rosa!
Un abrazo
john
Funny and Inspiring. Brother John you said its a true story is it? I mean it should be in late 60’s or 70’s ?
Best wishes,
Swetank (from Being Bettr)
Yes, Swetank, absolutely true and it was in the early 70s.
Thank you, Brother, for the support
john
Ha!
Nice one, Bruce, eh? Thank you, Friend.
Poor old Fr Tom had no sense of humour and couldn’t see what a bright spark he had in front of him.
Thank you, Rod
Loved the line ‘worse, we could have twenty little yous’ – it made me smile.
Happy you liked it, Kate.
Thank you so much.
John
Good one, John. Ah, vindication….
Willow, thank you very much
funny
Thank you, Sedge, thank you
Good for Malcolm. Great tale.
Glad you liked it, Myra
always my best to you
john
I remember you saying more than once that the tongue is the only wicked organ
in the body and here we have it at its best, or worst. Good on ya, Malcolm!
Thank you, Harry, very much. Yes, that’s one of my favourites.
Love to you and Winnie
John
Interesting story.
Thank you, Brother David
Humor can be no more rewarding than when in truth it is based. I love humor, wicked et al, and this proves wicked is not a prerequisite to the down deep chuckle it may bring. Master or lore I have this day bestowed upon you John. Send me more and more.
Glad you liked it,
Jon, My Friend,
and yes i have a few more of that ‘ilk’…; later, later
Your Friend
john
Good way to begin my day!
I really enjoyed this post. Thanks for sharing it. Hugs, Barbara
Thank you, Barbara, for all your support, i appreciate it deeply.
A huge hug right back!
john
Thank you for your support of my blog. You are very kind. Hugs, Barbara
A lovely story. Nice to hear stories of success against what would normally be considered tough obstacles in life. I read it after reading ‘will,won’t,will,won’t’ which was a great read as well. Did you teach at the monastery John? Thank you for following my blog and for your comments. I appreciate your thoughts. because they come from such a gifted writer they mean a lot 🙂
Yes, i taught there for five years, five great years and
loved every day.
i’m more than happy to follow your blog and i love your work.
Big hugs
john