DNA seasons best in Oak Casks

DNA seasons best in Oak Casks

fiction
edward w pritchard

It was the perfect combination. The American businessman with his stout resolve to make money and the Frenchman with the finesse and culture to enjoy the fruits of one's labors once the money was acquired.

The idea had originated in America but the French had refined it, and since the idea involved the industry of death; merely bringing in the French sensibilities to the process gave it sophistication and an element of haute culture.

The idea was each individual who could afford it would pass on some of his DNA so he could be recreated in the future. It was unsure how or when the recreation would be possible but it was a comforting thought in a here and now world to know that there was an alternative to salvation. Pagan immortality could be achieved merely by passing one's cells to the future.

The program became popular and storage and retrievable of DNA became a very popular, and was a profitable business.

The French outmaneuvered the American and later British funeral industries and brought French standards and used the appellation system previously used in France with wine, cognac and other food stuffs to insure a uniform perfect product. The French had a brainstorm. Since they already stored cognac and champagne in oak barrels for up to 100 years; why not do the same thing with DNA.
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