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#514931 hrdbrgn (User) Restore America Platinum Boarder Posts: 1184 Re:Mr Gorsky by Neil Armstrong 10 Months, 2 Weeks ago   gfolkert wrote: Kai_Sayson wrote: Subject: MR. GORSKY > IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW THIS LITTLE TIDBIT OF TRIVIA, > ON JULY 20, 1969 AS COMMANDER OF THE APOLLO 11 > LUNAR MODULE, NEIL ARMSTRONG WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO SET FOOT ON THE > MOON. > HIS FIRST WORDS AFTER STEPPING ON THE MOON, "THAT'S ONE > SMALL STEP FOR MAN, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND," > WERE TELEVISED TO EARTH AND HEARD BY MILLIONS. > BUT JUST BEFORE HE RE-ENTERED THE LANDER, > HE MADE THE ENIGMATIC REMARK -"GOOD LUCK, MR. GORSKY". > MANY PEOPLE AT NASA THOUGHT IT WAS A CASUAL REMARK > CONCERNING SOME RIVAL SOVIET COSMONAUT. > HOWEVER, UPON CHECKING, THERE WAS NO GORSKY > IN EITHER THE RUSSIAN OR AMERICAN SPACE PROGRAMS. > OVER THE YEARS, MANY PEOPLE QUESTIONED ARMSTRONG AS TO WHAT THE - > 'GOOD LUCK, MR. GORSKY' STATEMENT MEANT, > BUT ARMSTRONG ALWAYS JUST SMILED. > > ON JULY 5, 1995, IN TAMPA BAY, FLORIDA, WHILE ANSWERING QUESTIONS > FOLLOWING A SPEECH, A REPORTER BROUGHT UP THE 26-YEAR-OLD QUESTION TO > ARMSTRONG. > THIS TIME HE FINALLY RESPONDED. MR. GORSKY HAD DIED, > SO NEIL ARMSTRONG FELT HE COULD NOW ANSWER THE QUESTION. > > IN 1938, WHEN HE WAS A KID IN A SMALL MID-WESTERN TOWN , > HE WAS PLAYING BASEBALL WITH A FRIEND IN THE BACKYARD. > HIS FRIEND HIT THE BALL, WHICH LANDED IN HIS NEIGHBOR'S YARD > BY THEIR BEDROOM WINDOW. HIS NEIGHBORS WERE MR. AND MRS. GORSKY. > AS HE LEANED DOWN TO PICK UP THE BALL, YOUNG ARMSTRONG HEARD > MRS. GORSKY SHOUTING AT MR. GORSKY > > "SEX! YOU WANT SEX?! YOU'LL GET SEX WHEN THE KID NEXT DOOR WALKS ON > THE MOON !" > > TRUE STORY. It broke the place up. http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/a/armstrong-gorsky.htm http://www.snopes.com/quotes/mrgorsky.asp http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blgorsky.htm http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/dubiousquotes/a/ask_ul_gorsky.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11_in_popular_culture#Folklore http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1212/while-on-the-moon-did-neil-armstrong-really-say-good-luck-mr-gorsky Sorry... while its friggin hilarious, its not a true story. Apparently this first surfaced on rec.humor NNTP Internet Usenet servers back in th e day. .   Logged     Democracy is two wolves and a small lamb voting on whats for dinner. Freedom under a constitutional republic is a well armed lamb.   The administrator has disabled public write access. #514973 Boatmark (User) Roadie fan, just blowin' down the road... Platinum Boarder Posts: 4095 Re:Mr Gorsky by Neil Armstrong 10 Months, 2 Weeks ago     Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #515004 Kaidallac (User) The Wind is the Spirit... Platinum Boarder Posts: 5349 Re:Mr Gorsky by Neil Armstrong 10 Months, 2 Weeks ago   oh well, its still funny!!! LOL   Logged     My Garage Wind Therapy Riders Patriot Guard Riders May you always be in the Wind and May She Always Smile upon you   The administrator has disabled public write access. #515024 hrdbrgn (User) Restore America Platinum Boarder Posts: 1184 Re:Mr Gorsky by Neil Armstrong 10 Months, 1 Week ago   He@@ yea it was funny Kai! lol. I was trying to make a subtle point that prob only I got. Keep em comming!...any breaks from lubricants and rubber are good and welcome! .   Logged     Democracy is two wolves and a small lamb voting on whats for dinner. Freedom under a constitutional republic is a well armed lamb.   The administrator has disabled public write access.

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