[laryb]

ARMSTRONG'S SECRET...........




In case you didn't already know this little tidbit of trivia, it might make you chuckle when you read it. 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 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 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.

[Larryandlinda]

There are a few other good variations on SNOPES.
All great fun at parties!
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L and L