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04-13-2010, 04:10 PM
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> > 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.
> >
>
> >
> >
> 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.
> >
>
> >
> >
04-13-2010, 04:58 PM
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although this is a really neat story, this one is not true according to snopes - http://www.snopes.com/glurge/fleming.asp
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