> As everyone knows, when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, he uttered > that now immortalized phrase "One small step for man, one large step for > mankind." (Incidentally, this is apparently a speech error of sorts. He > intended to say the much more sensible "One small step for *a* man, one > large step for mankind," but screwed up when the limelight of an entire > planet was focussed on him. When you think about it, what he actually > said is practically contradictory...). What I guess is less known is > that at some point, Astronaut Armstrong also said "Good luck, Mr. > Gorski." I was told that years of prodding by reporters could never > elicit what "Good luck, Mr. Gorski" referred to. > > Until relatively recently. Retired Astronaut Armstrong was asked again > about that phrase, to which he responded that he could now 'fess up, since > the relevant parties were now dead and no one would be embarrassed. I > guess that when he was a little kid, he was playing ball in his yard, and > the ball somehow ended up in his neighbor's yard -- the Gorskis. When he > went to retrieve the ball, he overheard Mrs. Gorski belt out "Oral sex? > Ha! The day you get oral sex from me is the day the kid next door walks > on the moon!"