APPARENTLY Japanese scientists have managed to clone some dead mice.

The clever eggheads have managed to take DNA from mice which died 14 years ago and recreated them in a lab.

Two points immediately spring to mind.

1 Do mice have souls?

We are a bit in the theological dark on this one but if when the orginal mice died their souls went to mouse heaven or hell, which they presumably called Rentokilland or something, are the re-born ones therefore soulless?

This is slightly scary.

2 More rodents is the last thing we need.

The world is overrun with them already.

Shouldn’t they be trying to bring back something useful instead like giant chickens with chicken breasts so individually credit-crunching big they could feed a family of five.

However, Tendring Talk thinks scientists should be concentrating on creating bigger brains for humans so we could understand the world.

For example, last week we had the country reaching levels of hysteria unseen since the death of Princess Diana over two over-paid radio presenters who left pathetic and disgusting messages of an adult nature on an elderly actor’s answering machine.

We agree it was entirely reprehensible but let’s consider a few things.

The economy is on its knees.

We have spent billions we have not got bailing out banks and building societies who lost it largely through greed in the first place.

We are fighting two conflicts overseas where senior soldiers are resigning because their troops are driving about in Land Rovers so unsuitable they are nicknamed “coffins.”

The jobless total is rising, the housing market is in crisis, and our transport system remains a joke.

However, 90 per cent of the country is suddenly foaming with rage about an inappropriate joke on an actor who became famous portraying a chacacter which some might suggest was xenphobic against the Spanish or those with little intellect.

In the meantime the same papers who are screaming out in moral outrage over such inappropriate behaviour are nonetheless devoting acres of space to pictures of the scantily-clad woman at the centre of the debate and her band The Satanic Sluts. We simply don’t understand people’s priorities.

Forget bringing back mice. Can they not save some of our DNA and bring us back when the world is sane instead.

Tendring Talk is an irreverant, controversial and unofficial look at local life. Contributions are more than welcome but it should be expressed the views herein do not represent those of the Gazette, or of Newsquest, its parent company.