Env Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 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 take him and give him a good education. If the lad is anything like his father, he'll grow to a man you can be proud of." And that he did. In time, Farmer Fleming's son 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 nobleman's son was stricken with pneumonia. What saved him? Penicillin. The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill. His son's name? Sir Winston Churchill. Someone once said: What goes around comes around.
Smush Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 Wow if that's true that's one of the best stories I've read for a while. Thx4theread. I really do sometimes believe in karma. My friend's dad found a million dollars in drug money a couple years ago, he returned it, a couple days ago he just won a million dollars in the lottery. Mind blowing. edit: Too good to be true. I was excited for a couple of minutes... Oh well. http://www.snopes.com/glurge/fleming.asp
Clarence L. Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 karma is crazy. if there is such a thing as karma...
I C0NN0R I Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 Wow if that's true that's one of the best stories I've read for a while. Thx4theread. I really do sometimes believe in karma. My friend's dad found a million dollars in drug money a couple years ago, he returned it, a couple days ago he just won a million dollars in the lottery. Mind blowing. edit: Too good to be true. I was excited for a couple of minutes... Oh well. http://www.snopes.com/glurge/fleming.asp sadface
Eric Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 this one time I heard a kid yelling for help...... in the back of my windowless van....
DeltaPapa Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 Was hoping it would be one of them 4chan things, and it would end in some big joke... But anyway, i got confused. Too many sons and noble men. But good read
Env Posted June 12, 2011 Author Posted June 12, 2011 Wow if that's true that's one of the best stories I've read for a while. Thx4theread. I really do sometimes believe in karma. My friend's dad found a million dollars in drug money a couple years ago, he returned it, a couple days ago he just won a million dollars in the lottery. Mind blowing. edit: Too good to be true. I was excited for a couple of minutes... Oh well. http://www.snopes.com/glurge/fleming.asp buzzzzz kill
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