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09 Feb 10 - 08:20 AM (#2833890) Subject: BS: Not true? I don't care! From: 3refs His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog.. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death. The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse surroundings An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved. "I want to repay you," said the nobleman. "You saved my son's life" "No, I can't accept payment for what I did," the Scottish farmer replied waving off the offer. At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family hovel. "Is that your son?" the nobleman asked. "Yes," the farmer replied proudly. "I'll make you a deal. Let me provide him with the level of education my own son will enjoy. If the lad is anything like his father, he'll no doubt grow to be a man we both will be proud of." And that he did. Farmer Fleming's son attended the very best schools and in time, graduated from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin. Years afterward, the same nobleman's son who was saved from the bog was stricken with pneumonia. What saved his life this time? Penicillin. The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill. His son's name? Sir Winston Churchill! Someone once said: What goes around comes around. Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. It's National Friendship Week. Send this to everyone you consider A FRIEND. |
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09 Feb 10 - 08:29 AM (#2833902) Subject: RE: BS: Not true? I don't care! From: wysiwyg Hey refferator. We're looking for you in the hockey thread. :~! === Live each day so that when your feet hit the floor in the morning, Satan says, "Oh NO! S/he's AWAKE!" ~S~ |
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09 Feb 10 - 08:31 AM (#2833904) Subject: RE: BS: Not true? I don't care! From: Bobert Works for me, refz... |
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09 Feb 10 - 08:32 AM (#2833907) Subject: RE: BS: Not true? I don't care! From: catspaw49 I know you don't care Ref and its a wonderful story.......complete bullshit of course, but it has charm. Spaw |
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09 Feb 10 - 09:11 AM (#2833947) Subject: RE: BS: Not true? I don't care! From: 3refs I kind of came across this by accident, because of the movie "National Treasure". I was looking for who really first suggested "Daylight Saving Time" and I thought Sir Sanford Fleming did(it was Ben Franklin). No, he(Fleming)invented "Standard Time" More waisted brain cells, but now their getting down to an amount I can manage somewhat better! |
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09 Feb 10 - 11:55 AM (#2834152) Subject: RE: BS: Not true? I don't care! From: MGM·Lion There is a saying which sums up the title of this thread - se non è vero, è ben trovato... |
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09 Feb 10 - 12:54 PM (#2834216) Subject: RE: BS: Not true? I don't care! From: Bert Live each day so that when your feet hit the floor in the morning, Satan says, "Oh NO! S/he's AWAKE!" I love it WYSYLUV. Made my day. |
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09 Feb 10 - 01:10 PM (#2834224) Subject: RE: BS: Not true? I don't care! From: Bill D The story makes a point, and probably there ARE similar ones which are true... unfortunately, Snopes says this one isn't |
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09 Feb 10 - 04:25 PM (#2834422) Subject: RE: BS: Not true? I don't care! From: Lox It wasn't even Fleming who was responsible for the development of penicilllin ... he just took the credit. |
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09 Feb 10 - 05:05 PM (#2834482) Subject: RE: BS: Not true? I don't care! From: Rowan Goodonya, Lox! Someone else who remembers Florey. Cheers, Rowan |
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09 Feb 10 - 08:23 PM (#2834672) Subject: RE: BS: Not true? I don't care! From: Uncle_DaveO But the thread title is still true! Dave Oesterreich |
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10 Feb 10 - 04:57 PM (#2835412) Subject: RE: BS: Not true? I don't care! From: EBarnacle The validity is not in the truth of the tale, it is in the ideals it expresses. Is that tendentious enough? |
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10 Feb 10 - 05:13 PM (#2835425) Subject: RE: BS: Not true? I don't care! From: Lighter Another phrase for such stories is "pious fraud." |
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10 Feb 10 - 05:23 PM (#2835432) Subject: RE: BS: Not true? I don't care! From: Beer Thanks for the story ref and the title as well. Heard this one a long time ago and it is still a good story. EBarnacle, well said. Beer (adrien) |
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10 Feb 10 - 05:45 PM (#2835448) Subject: RE: BS: Not true? I don't care! From: dick greenhaus Aaah, fakelore. Always true; seldom accurate. |
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10 Feb 10 - 08:17 PM (#2835614) Subject: RE: BS: Not true? I don't care! From: Donuel And that is the rest of the story good day |
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10 Feb 10 - 10:09 PM (#2835715) Subject: RE: BS: Not true? I don't care! From: Beer You know Donuel, I am sure that is where I first heard the story. Ad. |