Forums

Forums
Where sports bettors talk!

......had to laugh out loud at this one!!

Thread Starter ......had to laugh out loud at this one!!
razorback fan
Joined: 10/24/2007
Posts: 7658
All Pro
Top 50 Contributor

IN CASE YOU DIDN'T   ALREADY 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 NEIL ARMSTRONG   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 NEAR 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.

damon812
Joined: 12/07/2010
Posts: 1095
Professional
Top 500 Contributor

Thats great

JP548
Joined: 04/02/2010
Posts: 720
Pro Draft Prospect
Top 500 Contributor

Excellent!

JP548

  • 2 Replies
  • 0 Subscribers
  • Posted9 months ago