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.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>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.
> >>
> >>
> >>
*brownie points for knowing why I ain't workin' next Thursday!* 's