A Bit of Liverpool uk history - Liverpool first in the world
May 15, 2013 11:50:45 #
Duane D.
Loc: Kalkaska, Michigan
Very interesting thanks for the post. Some people just do not appreciate anything or did not have a very good bringing up, sad.
Duane D.
Duane D.
May 15, 2013 11:50:53 #
Spent some time in the UK while in the US Air Force but never got to Liverpool. Didn't take me long to learn that you never, NEVER, ever hinted at anything being better in the US to an Englishman. Them's fightin words podner!
May 15, 2013 12:16:00 #
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May 15, 2013 13:20:48 #
Good reason for civic pride. Impressive list, and I'm betting not many cities could boast a list to match it.
May 15, 2013 13:24:09 #
nippy norman
Loc: manchester
A pakistani went to the doctors in England complaining about not feeling well. The doctor listened and was quite interested. After a while the doctor looked at the patient and said,,,,,,,,,, I want you to go out of the surgery and on the way home collect some dog droppings and put them in a bag. drink some oily water and rub the dog muck all over you. then sit in front of a hot fire with a dirty towel over your head.The pakistani says,,,,,,will this cure me and the doctor says, I think so.The man said,,,, what is wrong with me doctor, and the doctor replied,,,,, you are homesick
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May 15, 2013 16:56:06 #
gerry908
Loc: An Aussie from Scotland
I had to put this in :mrgreen:
The average Englishman, in his home he calls his castle, puts on his national costume - A shabby Raincoat patented by Charles Macintosh of Glasgow, Scotland.
He drives a car fitted with tyres invented by John Boyd Dunlop of Dreghorn, Scotland on a tar sealed road invented by John MacAdam of Ayrshire, Scotland
At the office he receives his mail with adhesive stamps, which, although they bear the queen of England's head, were invented by John Chambers of Dundee, Scotland.
During the day he uses the telephone, Invented by Alexander Graham Bell of Edinburgh, Scotland.
At home in the evening he watches his daughter ride her bicycle, invented by Kilpatrick Macmillan, A Blacksmith from Dumfries, Scotland.
He watches the news on television, which was invented by John Logie Baird of Helensburough Scotland and hears an item about the U.S. Navy founded by John Paul Jones of Kirkbean, Scotland.
He has now been reminded too much of Scotland and in desperation picks up the Bible, only to find that the first man mentioned in the good book is a Scot - King James VI - who authorised it's translation.
Nowhere can an Englishman turn to escape the ingenuity of the Scots, he could take to drink but the Scots make the finest in the world, he could take a rifle and end it all but the breech-loading rifle was invented by Captain Patrick Ferguson of Pitfours, Scotland.
If he escaped death, he could find himself on an operating table, being injected with Penicillin, discovered by Alexander Flemming of Darvel, Scotland, and given an anaesthetic, discovered by Sir James Young Simpson of Bathgate, Scotland.
Out of the anaesthetic he would find no comfort in learning that he was as safe as the Bank Of England which was founded by William Patterson of Dumfries, Scotland.
Perhaps his only hope would be to get a transfusion of good SCOTTISH blood
The average Englishman, in his home he calls his castle, puts on his national costume - A shabby Raincoat patented by Charles Macintosh of Glasgow, Scotland.
He drives a car fitted with tyres invented by John Boyd Dunlop of Dreghorn, Scotland on a tar sealed road invented by John MacAdam of Ayrshire, Scotland
At the office he receives his mail with adhesive stamps, which, although they bear the queen of England's head, were invented by John Chambers of Dundee, Scotland.
During the day he uses the telephone, Invented by Alexander Graham Bell of Edinburgh, Scotland.
At home in the evening he watches his daughter ride her bicycle, invented by Kilpatrick Macmillan, A Blacksmith from Dumfries, Scotland.
He watches the news on television, which was invented by John Logie Baird of Helensburough Scotland and hears an item about the U.S. Navy founded by John Paul Jones of Kirkbean, Scotland.
He has now been reminded too much of Scotland and in desperation picks up the Bible, only to find that the first man mentioned in the good book is a Scot - King James VI - who authorised it's translation.
Nowhere can an Englishman turn to escape the ingenuity of the Scots, he could take to drink but the Scots make the finest in the world, he could take a rifle and end it all but the breech-loading rifle was invented by Captain Patrick Ferguson of Pitfours, Scotland.
If he escaped death, he could find himself on an operating table, being injected with Penicillin, discovered by Alexander Flemming of Darvel, Scotland, and given an anaesthetic, discovered by Sir James Young Simpson of Bathgate, Scotland.
Out of the anaesthetic he would find no comfort in learning that he was as safe as the Bank Of England which was founded by William Patterson of Dumfries, Scotland.
Perhaps his only hope would be to get a transfusion of good SCOTTISH blood
May 15, 2013 20:16:14 #
Thanks for posting that very impressive list and a raspberry to all the piss takers. I am originally from Hartlepool and I'm sure we have a list of our own maybe starting with "Andy Capp"
May 15, 2013 22:01:52 #
Wow, A lot of history and a lot of firsts for one place. There has to be some great photo ops. How about some pictures?
May 15, 2013 23:41:00 #
May 16, 2013 04:51:12 #
matt thomas wrote:
One has no problem with these many historical post... (show quote)
I reckon the Beatles (especialy John Lennon for literally
fighting outnumbered a million to one) with the Philipinos) deserved an OBE for not attending Imelda Marcos (Indonesian dictators wife) command performance when they were in Manila.
It cost them everything they were paid for the concerts they did in the Philippines to get out with their lives.
May 16, 2013 04:58:06 #
gerry908 wrote:
I had to put this in :mrgreen: br br br br Th... (show quote)
Gold. lang mae yer lumb reek.
May 16, 2013 04:58:21 #
Adicus wrote:
Thanks for posting that very impressive list and a raspberry to all the piss takers. I am originally from Hartlepool and I'm sure we have a list of our own maybe starting with "Andy Capp"
Don't forget the monkey.
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