Quiltingboard Forums - a history lesson (funny)

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 were,

> "that's one small step for man,

> one giant leap for mankind,"

> and they were televised to earth

> but just before he re-entered the lander,

> he made the enigmatic remark,

> "good luck, mr.gorsky".

> many people at nasa thought that

> 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 that 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!