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Subject: [FOLKLORE FAMILY] A True Funny Story
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 08:33:54 EDT

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> Be careful of what you say...you might be changing the
history of the world.

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 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, FL, 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 mid-west 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




"You are never defeated until you accept defeat as a reality, and decide to
stop trying."

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