The only thing better than a celebrity is a crazy celebrity. Granted, there aren’t a lot out there. There are some quirky folks, but the true crazies rarely become famous. Unless you are George Clinton. Or his clone. Clinton says he’s having his DNA saved so he can be cloned one day. A little unusual, but acceptable nonetheless. But he goes beyond quirky when he says that humans have been cloned for “thousands of years.” It has something to do with the pyramids.

FUNK-tastic George Clinton is storing his DNA so he can be cloned one day. The Parliament-Funkadelic frontman tells Details magazine that cloning has actually been going on for thousands of years.

“Cloning – we got generations of that [bleep],” Clinton said. “The pyramids? They was for cloning. That’s why embalming lasts so long. Get the DNA and pull ‘em back. So somebody been cloned already, but not me. Not yet.”

[From Page Six]

Um…. Yes. I tried to think of a nice, “Maybe he meant _____” angle to take, but it’s hard to ignore the obvious crazy going on here. And I mean crazy in the beloved way, not the judgmental way. I think it’d truly be a kick in the pants to spend an afternoon chatting up George Clinton. You’d probably hear more unusual/nonsensical things in a few hours than most people hear in a lifetime.

I’m surprised there’s nothing about aliens. Everyone knows that’s where cloning really comes from. Or Xenu, I forget how it works. I guess it might theoretically be possible to clone from mummy DNA. There are plenty of things people call impossible that, given enough time, get done. But it’s hard to tell by his phrasing if Clinton is implying the ancient Egyptians have been cloned for “generations”… or just that it’s possible. Either way I’m glad he’s saving his DNA because I would never want to deprive future generations of a cloned George Clinton.

Update: Here’s George Clinton’s “Paint the White House Black” from 1993 (thanks Cara!) Other artists featured include Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Peppa from Salt ‘n Peppa.

Here’s George Clinton outside the Ed Sullivan Theatre for the ‘Late Show With David Letterman in New York City on October 27th. Images thanks to WENN.