"Just Because You Can, Doesn't Mean You Should"

A physician shared some very prudent advice when he said
"JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN, DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULD."
At the time he was referring to his son's future in-laws who had managed to produce nearly one child per year during the vast majority of their reproductive life cycles.

Although Dr.J stole the saying from "Jurassic Park" its' utility spreads well beyond creating prehistoric carnivorous creatures or family planning for that matter. Many should consider employing this counsel before buying t-shirts emblazoned with "My Mommy's a hottie", hitting the nude beach (sans sunscreen no less), affixing a gold lightning bolt to a front tooth or pursuing competitive hot dog eating as a career path.

The embodiment of snubbing the "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should" guideline is Joyce Mckinney, a North Carolina woman I read about recently on the web. Apparently this former Miss Wyoming (there's your first clue) recently paid over $50,000 to have her pit bull,Booger,cloned not once but four times in South Korea. Apparently she felt the world would be significantly enriched with more Boogers barking, biting and marking their territory.

Sadly the canine cloning isn't the most newsworthy part of the story. Not surprisingly Miss Congeniality has a long history of dubious behavior. It began in 1977 when she allegedly abducted a Mormon missionary in Surrey, England. When he failed to reciprocate her affections she handcuffed him (mink linked I understand) to make him her love slave (That's one way to get a date to the prom). Fearing punishment, Joyce jumped bail and escaped back to the U.S. where she'd been living incognito until recently.

Feeling the financial pinch from the doggie duplicates Miss McKinney again resorted to a life of crime. As opposed to a home equity line of credit or pawning a puppy, she coerced a 15 year old boy to burglarize a home for cash to purchase a prosthetic for her 3 legged horse. At least she'll always have an advocate in PETA if they're willing to overlook the brazen use of mink fur.

Joyce's dream began circling the drain when fame fogged her judgment and she paraded Boogers two through six all over the international media. Despite a very concerted effort at letting herself go, many people, including the British authorities began to recognize this crackpot 30 years later. This quirky cloud has a silver lining however since Joyce has been touting herself as a budding filmmaker. So, when she gets out of the pokey I'm thinking autobiography for her first project. But remember Joyce "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should."

Thanks to dailymail.co.uk for the "before" picture of Joyce.