Sasisekupheleni kwekhulu le-19, ikakhulukazi ngo-1897. Ngalesi sikhathi, izimoto ezingamakhulu ambalwa kuphela ezazizungeza edolobheni laseLondon, kuhlanganise netekisi kagesi - yebo, uxhaxha lwamatekisi kagesi lwaluvele luzungeza enkabeni yeLondon. ikhulu leminyaka. XIX - nguGeorge Smith, oneminyaka engu-25 waseLondon, okwathi ngemva kwayo yonke le minyaka, wayezokwaziwa ngenxa yezizathu ezinhle kakhulu.
Ngo-September 10, 1897, uGeorge Smith waphahlazeka phambi kwebhilidi eliseNew Bond St, futhi lonakala kakhulu. Ibonakala iphuzile le nsizwa yathathwa yayiswa esiteshini samaphoyisa ngomunye wofakazi owayekhona endaweni yesigameko. Kamuva, uGeorge Smith walivuma icala lengozi. “Ngangiphuza obhiya ababili noma abathathu ngaphambi kokushayela,” evuma.
Ebhekene nalesi simo esingakaze sibonwe, amaphoyisa amkhulula uGeorge Smith futhi amphoqa ukuba akhokhe inhlawulo kasheleni abangu-20 - imali eshisiwe ngaleso sikhathi.
Nakuba imiphumela yotshwala ekushayeleni yayisivele isolwa, ngaleso sikhathi yayingekho indlela yokukala amazinga otshwala egazini ngendlela eqondile. Isixazululo sizovela kuphela eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-50 kamuva nge-Breathalyzer, esebenza ngokufanayo nohlelo oluvame ukwaziwa ngokuthi “ibhaluni”.
Bhalisela iphephandaba lethu
Namuhla, izigidi zabashayeli zihlawuliswa minyaka yonke ngokushayela bephuze utshwala, nokuyinto eseyimbangela enkulu yezingozi zomgwaqo.
Futhi uyazi… uma ushayela, ungaphuzi. Ungenzi njengoGeorge Smith.