Thursday, 11 June 2009

This Charming Man

Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, has rarely given interviews, but I found this today, in a magazine
One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind
Allow 15 minutes, but it is riveting.
Of course this goes hand in hand with the apocryphal story of what he said, afterwards: "Good luck, Mr. Gorsky."
And I quote:
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.

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, "Oral sex! You want oral sex?! You'll get oral sex when the kid next door walks on the moon!"
Not new, but still funny.
And here is a picture of my lampshade, endorsed by Neil's colleague Buzz Aldrin

5 comments:

omally said...

Ace! Thanks for sharing that little gem, mateyskip!

Peter said...

Would be an even better story if there was any truth in it..

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

Sorry mate!

Lord Hutton said...

I did say it was apocryphal

cunning linguist said...

I know just how Mr Gorsky felt...

Mario Marchese said...

love the lampshade!