April Fools Month - jokes & pics thread

[anonjohn]

Originally Posted by osreb

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 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!

A great story - but sadly untrue. Other versions of this joke involved oral sex, some versions give the name as "Mr Gresky"

From the NASA website which includes the soundtrack
httpsX://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11.step.html

<i>During November 1995, a clever (and slightly risqué) story was widely circulated on the Internet concerning a statement Neil is supposed to have made during the Apollo 11 EVA. At the suggestion of several readers, let me state that Neil never said "Good luck, Mr. Gorsky" at any time during the mission. Indeed, on November 28, 1995, Neil wrote for the ALSJ, "I understand that the joke is a year old. I first heard it in California delivered by (comedian) Buddy Hackett".</i>

Background story is on the Snopes fact-checking website (a useful well-documented resource for any exciting story - check out eg vaccine and election-related stories - they could save your life!)
httpsX://www.snopes.com/fact-check/good-luck-mr-gorsky/
remove first X after https from above links

[Swampcreature]

Originally Posted by nectcouple

Not sure if that's funny...or if the joke is complete. I sure hope the guy doesn't have more to add to his order!

Try the local supermarket. This one comes from Delhaize in Liège. No joke, this was a real offer on sale.

[osreb]

I'm asking Santa for one of these tables for Christmas