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I Stopped being a Sexist, Because Bitches hate that shit   Registered Member #370 Joined: Thu Nov 18 2004Location: Usa Posts: 311 | 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. | ||
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