WHO WAS THIS?
Team Infidel
Forum Spin Doctor
that was actually a passage out of the bible... Book of Matthew if I remember correctly
Hey you rascals - I did say which 'American' ! Don't worry - I won't be quoting the bible at you. I am very poorly versed on that score.
So, we are looking for a real life American and this is true, not a trick question.
I guess the American may have known he was quoting from the bible, but he was not preaching - far from it.
So, we are looking for a real life American and this is true, not a trick question.
I guess the American may have known he was quoting from the bible, but he was not preaching - far from it.
pixiedustboo
Redfidelboo
OK guys.
It was Henry Ford.
When he brought his first car production to England, he opened up a plant in a little village near London, Dagenham.
The local Mayor assumed Henry must be a great philanthropist and so wrote and asked if he would kindly donate £10,000 towards the building of an old peoples home. Ford didn't reply, but nothing daunted, the Mayor wrote again, reducing it to £5000. Again, no reply. Embarrassed, the Mayor gave it some thought, and knowing Henry was on his way over to open his plant, announced that Henry Ford had made this grand donation.
Henry Ford arrived and was faced with this fait -accompli!
Having considered the situation, Henry Ford did not want to lose face; he agreed to pay, dependant upon one proviso.
They had to inscribe over the door of the building:-
'I WAS A STRANGER AND YOU TOOK ME IN'.
It was Henry Ford.
When he brought his first car production to England, he opened up a plant in a little village near London, Dagenham.
The local Mayor assumed Henry must be a great philanthropist and so wrote and asked if he would kindly donate £10,000 towards the building of an old peoples home. Ford didn't reply, but nothing daunted, the Mayor wrote again, reducing it to £5000. Again, no reply. Embarrassed, the Mayor gave it some thought, and knowing Henry was on his way over to open his plant, announced that Henry Ford had made this grand donation.
Henry Ford arrived and was faced with this fait -accompli!
Having considered the situation, Henry Ford did not want to lose face; he agreed to pay, dependant upon one proviso.
They had to inscribe over the door of the building:-
'I WAS A STRANGER AND YOU TOOK ME IN'.
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Good try. The truth is interesting ; he was Don Maquis 1878 - 1937. He never used capitals because he produced wondrous verse supposedly by a cat called Mehitable who could not operate the upper-case typewriter key!
I spotted one called 'pete at the seashore' by ' pete the pup'.
Funny old world, ain't it?
I spotted one called 'pete at the seashore' by ' pete the pup'.
Funny old world, ain't it?
Team Infidel
Forum Spin Doctor
maybe he was quoting scripture.