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  • The Shadow Knows
    Veteran Member
    • Feb 24, 2012
    • 249

    An Irish Wish to the Group during FRIENDSHIP WEEK

    NATIONAL FRIENDSHIP WEEK and A bit early for ST PATRICK'S DAY, but here is an Irish Wish for all and a story about Irish Luck!!!

    Irish Luck:

    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.


    AN IRISH FRIENDSHIP WISH:

    I hope it works...

    May there always be work for your hands to do;

    May your purse always hold a coin or two;

    May the sun always shine on your windowpane;

    May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain;

    May the hand of a friend always be near you;

    May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.

    and may you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows you're dead.
    Who KNOWS what EVIL lurks in the hearts of men? The SHADOW knows!!

    VINTAGE MEGOS WANTED: STARSKY, and an Action Jackson ARMY UNIFORM
  • wolfie
    Persistent Member
    • Dec 31, 2007
    • 1567

    #2
    God bless all here.

    Happy St Patrick's day to you all.

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    • Brad
      Batman Fanatic
      • Aug 20, 2010
      • 1230

      #3
      Love the meaning behind the story but as an FYI it is not based in fact.

      http://www.snopes.com/glurge/fleming.asp

      Still a great story and I do not mean to discredit it. I think the moral of the story means more then the actual facts do.
      "Never take a person's dignity: it is worth everything to them, and nothing to you." - Frank Barron

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      • MegoMark71
        Permanent Member
        • Dec 18, 2008
        • 3383

        #4
        Best wishes back for everyone.

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        • The Shadow Knows
          Veteran Member
          • Feb 24, 2012
          • 249

          #5
          Yep, I share this story hoping everyone discovers the meaning behind the tale!

          I try to do a "good turn" everyday. For me, it's a good feeling that just makes my day!!

          PEACE!

          Originally posted by Brad
          Love the meaning behind the story but as an FYI it is not based in fact.

          http://www.snopes.com/glurge/fleming.asp

          Still a great story and I do not mean to discredit it. I think the moral of the story means more then the actual facts do.
          Who KNOWS what EVIL lurks in the hearts of men? The SHADOW knows!!

          VINTAGE MEGOS WANTED: STARSKY, and an Action Jackson ARMY UNIFORM

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