A lovely cousin of mine ( Anne) in Australia who shares my passion for family history sent me the following, which I added a few images to …
The typical Englishman finishes his breakfast of toast and MARMALADE invented by Mrs Keiller of Dundee, Scotland
He walks to his office along an English lane which is surfaced by TARMAC, invented by John Loudon MacAdam of Ayr, Scotland
or, he drives his English car which is fitted with PNEUMATIC TYRES patented by John Boyd Dunlop, veterinary surgeon of Dreghorn, Scotland.
.Before he acquired a car he used to travel to his office by train which was powered by a STEAM ENGINE invented by James Watt of Greenock, Scotland.
In his office he deals with the mail bearing ADHESIVE STAMPS invented by John Chalmers, bookseller and printer of Dundee, Scotland
During the day he makes frequent use of the TELEPHONE invented by Alexander Graham Bell, born in Edinburgh, Scotland
At home in the evening he dines on his favourite traditional ROAST BEEF from Aberdeen Angus, raised in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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and then watches an item on TELEVISION - an invention of John Logie Baird of Helensburgh, Scotland ( I would add their were several others who made contributions to this invention)
- about JOHN PAUL JONES, Father of the United States Navy, born in Kirkbean, Scotland.
His son prefers to read TREASURE ISLAND written by Robert Louis Stevenson, born in Edinburgh, Scotland,
whilst his daughter plays in the garden with her BICYCLE, an invention of Kirkpatrick MacMillan, blacksmith of Thornhill, Scotland.
Is it impossible for an Englishmen to escape the ingenuity of the Scots?? !!
In desperation he turns to the BIBLE, only to find that the first person mentioned in the good book is a Scot - King James VI, who authorised its translation.
He could, of course, take to drink, but Scotland makes the finest WHISKY in the world.
Nearing the end of his tether he could uplift a rifle to end it all, but the BREECH-LOADING RIFLE was invented by Captain Patrick Ferguson of Pitfours, Scotland.
Anyway, if he escaped death he could find himself injected with PENICILLIN, discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming, bacteriologist, of Darvel, Scotland,
or be given CHLOROFORM, an anaesthetic first used by Sir James Young Simpson, obstetrician and gynaecologist of Bathgate, Scotland.
Effect of Chloroform.
Where would be be today without the further advances of these original inventions and discoveries?
2 comments:
You crack me up Barbara. So, now I'm ashamed that I'm not a Scot :)
I love all the graphics you've added to it!!
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