[Internet Funnies]  [Home]

Neil Armstrong Story


>
>     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 a 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
>     and so Neil Armstrong felt he could answer the
>     question.
>
>     In 1938 when he was a kid in a small Midwest town, he
>     was playing baseball with a friend in the backyard.
>     His friend hit a fly ball, which landed in his
>     neighbor's yard by the bedroom windows.  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