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Posted by: Jeroen Apr 23 2004, 07:51 AM

This is a funny, and true, story about Neil Armstrong:

When Apollo Mission Astronaut Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon,he
not only gave his famous "One small step for man, one giant leap for
mankind" statement but followed it by several remarks, usual com traffic
between him, the other astronauts and Mission Control. Just before he
re-entered the lander, however, 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. Just a few years ago, (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 finally died and so Neil Armstrong felt
he could answer the question.

When he was a kid, he was playing baseball with a friend in the backyard.
His friend hit a fly ball which landed in the front of his neighbor's
bedroom windows. His neighbors were Mr. & Mrs. Gorsky. As he leaned down to
pick up the ball, young Armstrong heard Mrs. Gorsky
shouting at Mr. Gorsky. "Blow job! You want a blow job?! You'll get a blow
job when the kid next door walks on the moon!"

Posted by: JerryP Apr 23 2004, 08:24 AM

I heard that a few years ago and hoped so much that was true that I had to check. Urban Legend I'm sorry to say. See snopes.com