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Posts: 8299	Scottish Dubliner Posted Wed 11 Jul, 2007 5:42 AM	Quote
	Got a -shirt from one of me Irish mates that says... Alexander Graham Bell Telephone, James Lundsay Electric Light Bulb, John McLaughlin Canada Dry, Mrs Kellier Marmalade, John Boyd Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre, Sir Alex Watson Watt Radar, James Watt Steam Engine, MacAdam Road Making, James Harrison Refrigeration, Sir Alex Fleming Penecillin, Alex G Bell Gramaphone, John Logie Baird Television, James Chalmers Adhesive Stamps, James Watson Carbon Fibre, James Lee Enfield Rifle, Ernest Rutherford Splitting the Atom. and of course Me!!

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Posts: 501	iraida Posted Wed 11 Jul, 2007 5:56 AM	Quote
	Scottish Dubliner wrote: Got a -shirt from one of me Irish mates that says... Alexander Graham Bell Telephone, James Lundsay Electric Light Bulb, John McLaughlin Canada Dry, Mrs Kellier Marmalade, John Boyd Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre, Sir Alex Watson Watt Radar, James Watt Steam Engine, MacAdam Road Making, James Harrison Refrigeration, Sir Alex Fleming Penecillin, Alex G Bell Gramaphone, John Logie Baird Television, James Chalmers Adhesive Stamps, James Watson Carbon Fibre, James Lee Enfield Rifle, Ernest Rutherford Splitting the Atom. and of course Me!! Haha good one!

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Posts: 585	DavesUrMan Posted Wed 11 Jul, 2007 8:10 AM	Quote
	Scottish Dubliner wrote: Mrs Kellier Marmalade, James Chalmers Adhesive Stamps, and of course Me!! Both from Dundee - you can visit their graves here ;) You forgot to mention the Scotsman who founded/created the Bank of England :D

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Posts: 8468	AbsolutPurple Posted Wed 11 Jul, 2007 9:26 AM	Quote
	Gordon Brown

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Posts: 585	DavesUrMan Posted Wed 11 Jul, 2007 9:55 AM	Quote
	DC Thomson (Dundee), creator of Dennis the Menace, The Dandy, the Beano etc etc and all their lovely characters - my mums pal's dad invented the NumbSkulls - anyone remember them?

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Posts: 2012	Darran Posted Wed 11 Jul, 2007 10:02 AM	Quote
	Ally McCoist and Andy "9 in A Row" Goram

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Posts: 2578	Esteban Posted Wed 11 Jul, 2007 10:08 AM	Quote
	Darran wrote: Ally McCoist and Andy "9 in A Row" Goram

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Posts: 2012	Darran Posted Wed 11 Jul, 2007 10:11 AM	Quote
	I like what you have done there. For a moment I thought it was soap but then again I remembered you only dodge that. :-)

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Posts: 2291	Gladly (the cross-eyed bear) Posted Wed 11 Jul, 2007 10:25 AM	Quote
	FTOF

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Posts: 2578	Esteban Posted Wed 11 Jul, 2007 10:31 AM	Quote
	Darran wrote: soap Haha, did someone teach you a new word?

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Posts: 8468	AbsolutPurple Posted Wed 11 Jul, 2007 10:32 AM	Quote
	Adam Smith philosopher but better known for his economic "laissez-faire" theory

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Posts: 2012	Darran Posted Wed 11 Jul, 2007 10:34 AM	Quote
	Esteban wrote: Darran wrote: soap Haha, did someone teach you a new word? I already made a joke about that.

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Posts: 8468	AbsolutPurple Posted Wed 11 Jul, 2007 10:34 AM	Quote
	Darran wrote: Esteban wrote: Darran wrote: soap Haha, did someone teach you a new word? I already made a joke about that. meow

Re: Great Scotsmen
Posts: 2578	Esteban Posted Wed 11 Jul, 2007 10:37 AM	Quote
	Darran wrote: Esteban wrote: Darran wrote: soap Haha, did someone teach you a new word? I already made a joke about that. I'm not even a Celtic fan really, I just love the wind-up, thanks for taking the bait though. Stroll on.

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Posts: 1608	dee Posted Wed 11 Jul, 2007 1:40 PM	Quote
	class!

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