Good luck Mr. Gorsky

[Jered]

> 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 ABOUT Mr Gorsky TO ARMSTRONG.

>

> THIS TIME HE FINALLY RESPONDED BECAUSE MR. GORSKY HAD DIED, SO NEIL ARMSTRONG FELT HE COULD NOW ANSWER THE QUESTION. HERE IS

> THE ANSWER TO "WHO WAS MR GORSKY":

>

> 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!"

>

> It broke the place up.

> NEIL ARMSTRONG'S FAMILY CONFIRMED THIS IS A TRUE STORY.

[Jericho941]

How many FWD's and RE's were in the subject line?

[Netpackrat]

Pretty sure this is just an urban legend. The first time that joke was sent to me many years ago, it described in particular the act to be performed. I guess that offended the sensibilities of one of the subsequent forwarders.

[Windy Wilson]

Pretty sure this is just an urban legend. The first time that joke was sent to me many years ago, it described in particular the act to be performed. I guess that offended the sensibilities of one of the subsequent forwarders.

Yes. I heard it in reference to the first name of a certain former Dodgers baseball player named Hersheiser.

[Highspeed]

How many FWD's and RE's were in the subject line?

[JustinR]

For what it's worth, snopes.com says it's false.

[PawPaw]

Yep, good story, but another urban legend. I've heard it in various guises over the years.

[308Mike]

Yep, good story, but another urban legend. I've heard it in various guises over the years.

You mean, even BEFORE the Internet???!!!

[Weetabix]

Yep, good story, but another urban legend. I've heard it in various guises over the years.

You mean, even BEFORE the Internet???!!!

Didn't you ever get any of those grainy, creased mimeograph sheets that used to make the rounds in offices?

[PawPaw]

Yep, good story, but another urban legend. I've heard it in various guises over the years.

You mean, even BEFORE the Internet???!!!

Hell, the internet has been around for years. And, yeah, even before the intertubes.