> > 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.
> >
>
> >
> >

although this is a really neat story, this one is not true according to snopes - http://www.snopes.com/glurge/fleming.asp

spoilsport :lol: :lol: :lol: . it's a good thing i cut that email short, then.

I still liked the story.

It's the same premises, and is still true... I liked it...

True or not I always like your stories and posts. Keep 'em coming!

We choose to believe. Snopes is a husband wife team that have an office in trailor, his office at one end her's at the other end all the do all day is look stuff up.

It is still a very nice sentiment :D:D:D