Re: Astronaut joke

From: David M. Palmer (dmpalmer_at_email.com)
Date: 08/21/04 

Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 09:38:14 -0600

 When Apollo Mission Astronaut Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon,
he not only gave his famous "One small step for man; one giant leap for
mankind" statement, but followed it by several remarks, including the
usual COM traffic between him, the other astronauts, and Mission
Control. 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, [they found] there was
no Gorsky in either the Russian or American space programs.

 Over the years, many people have questioned him as to what the "Good
luck, Mr. Gorsky" statement meant. On July 5, in Tampa Bay, FL, while
answering questions following a speech, a reporter brought up the 26-
year-old question to Armstrong. He finally responded. It seems that Mr.
Gorsky had died and so Armstrong felt he could answer the question.
When he was a kid, Neil was playing baseball with his brother in the
backyard. His brother hit a fly ball which landed in front of his
neighbors' bedroom window. The neighbors were Mr. and Mrs. Gorksy. As
he leaned down to pick up the ball, he heard Mrs. Gorsky shouting at
Mr. Gorsky, "Oral sex? Oral sex you want? You'll get oral sex when the
kid next door walks on the moon!"

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/mrgorsky.htm 

-- 
David M. Palmer  dmpalmer@email.com (formerly @clark.net, @ematic.com)

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