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Title: Good Luck mr Gorsky
Post by: ChuckD on January 16, 2012, 07:14:28 pm

Who knows if this is true but it's funny anyway.



GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOU SMILE. ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S (SUPPOSEDLY) A TRUE 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
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!"

TRUE STORY.

Title: Re: Good Luck mr Gorsky
Post by: Keefie on January 16, 2012, 07:20:20 pm

 ;D ;D ;D I like it lol

Title: Re: Good Luck mr Gorsky
Post by: jason03151980 on January 16, 2012, 08:27:00 pm

hahaha thats a long time to wait  lol nice one

Title: Re: Good Luck mr Gorsky
Post by: wombatie on January 17, 2012, 01:22:39 am

LOL  :D :D :D :D

Title: Re: Good Luck mr Gorsky
Post by: ChaplainRon on January 17, 2012, 03:54:41 am

Too Bad it is False.

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/mrgorsky.asp (http://www.snopes.com/quotes/mrgorsky.asp)

Title: Re: Good Luck mr Gorsky
Post by: Russ C on January 17, 2012, 08:19:14 am

Kind of figured it was, cool story though.  :)

Title: Re: Good Luck mr Gorsky
Post by: Gabby on January 17, 2012, 04:29:08 pm

Quote from: ChaplainRon on January 17, 2012, 03:54:41 am

Too Bad it is False.

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/mrgorsky.asp (http://www.snopes.com/quotes/mrgorsky.asp)

Party pooper!
Gabby

Title: Re: Good Luck mr Gorsky
Post by: ChuckD on January 17, 2012, 10:27:04 pm

I have been informed that it is false.  I checked the transcripts and that statement is not even on it.  Sorry, but it was a good story.  First told by Buddy Hackett.

Title: Re: Good Luck mr Gorsky
Post by: J,Hamilton on January 18, 2012, 04:24:40 am

True or false, it was laughable either way.