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2003-04-18, 11:53 AM | [Ignore Me] #1 | ||
> > Thought you might like this.
> > > > This is a true story, thought you would enjoy the humor. > > > > 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 REENTERED THE LANDER, HE MADE THE ENIGMATIC REMARK > > "GOOD LUCK, MR. GORSKY." > > > > MANY PEOPLE AT NASA THOUGH 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 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 THE 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!"
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