What Have The Scottish Ever Done For Us?
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Sir Alexander Fleming - Discovered Penicillin.
John Boyd Dunlop - Invented the Pneumatic Tyre.
Alexander Graham Bell - Invented the Telephone.
James Watt - Pioneer of the Steam Engine.
Alexander Bain - Invented the first Fax Machine.
John Logie Baird - Invented Television.
James Young Simpson - Discovered Chloroform.
Charles MacIntosh - Invented Waterproof Cloth.
John Loudon McAdam - Invented Tarmacadam for roads.(Tar)
John Napier - Added the point to the Decimal Fraction.
Archibald Barr - Invented the Optical Range Finder.
James Chalmers - Invented the adhesive postage stamp.
George Cleghorn - Discovered that quinine bark acted as a cure for malaria.
Sir James Dewar - Inventor of the vacuum flask.
John Paul Jones - Established the US
2007-12-01 07:20:49 · 18 answers · asked by Angel Bonnie 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
Hell yes! Its more a question of 'what have the english ever done for us?' except try and control us for 500 years! Oh and by the way, your list is only a 1/4 complete, there's loads of other stuff which you haven't inlcuded.
2007-12-01 08:18:21 · answer #1 · answered by alyson.earle 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
LOL. Your rant is awesome and I hope you feel better now that you've gotten that off of your chest. I do have to disagree with one small thing: having a Scottish father does mean that you have Scots genes but it doesn't mean that you're a Scot. :-) BKool - No one was raised here? I was raised here and I refuse to belive that I'm the only one since I was definitely playing with other children growing up. Just about everyone I know (who's either black or white) would have to go back at least three or four generations to find someone who was actually raised in the country that they're claiming and have never set a toe in that country themselves. My grandfather is actually from Aberdeen and my grandmother is half-English but you don't see me claiming to be Scottish or English (or African for that matter). The US is over 200 years old. Don't you think it's time that we accepted the fact that we are a sovereign nation with our own culture and institutions and cut the apron strings? We don't have to connect with anything because we are already connected. We're already here walking the land of our ancestors and we can't just up and decide that we don't want to be American because we don't like the leaders that we elected. We sure are American with our own culture to defend when we're talking about Mexican immigrants.
2016-04-07 02:04:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
And Phil McCavity invented deep pockets for short arms.
2007-12-02 06:23:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
and what about Rab C Nesbitt,and Jack and Victor, William Wallace,and Rob Roy Mcgreagor and many more not for getting whiskey iron bru,and Scottish gas ? also Ian Fleming author who created James Bond,and chitty chitty bang bang,Rod Stewart,Billy Connolly,sir Sean Connery,and Hogmanay
2007-12-02 01:10:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
AND Mrs Haggis for making the Scots sound like a bunch of jumped up nerdy snobs. You boaster you.
2007-12-02 01:47:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
And Stuart McTavish invented the Loo seat in 1834
In 1835 an Englishman put a hole in it
2007-12-01 07:25:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
I'm Scottish and totally embarrassed to be a Scot tonight thanks to that oaf Kenny Logan on Strictly Come Dancing and the stunts he has pulled on the programme to win the Scottish vote, like wearing a kilt. I couldn't watch the tv I was too red faced.
2007-12-01 07:27:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Robbie Burns might not have invented poetry but my word he improved on the original model.
2007-12-01 09:12:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
You forgot the greatest Scottish invention of all - golf -thanks to this bit of genius bored, overfed, middle-aged men no longer have to endure weekends at home ; they can wander around a park, hit little balls with a stick, and then go and get drunk - now that is Kulture.
2007-12-01 07:34:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋
Wow that is an impressive list. Had no idea that was who invented those things.
2007-12-01 07:30:43 · answer #10 · answered by Aloha_Ann 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋