From david at robinson4141.fsnet.co.uk Wed Sep 7 10:52:54 2005 From: david at robinson4141.fsnet.co.uk (David Robinson) Date: Wed Sep 7 10:55:30 2005 Subject: [Jokes4u] Mr Gorsky Message-ID: <431EFEC6.8010900@robinson4141.fsnet.co.uk> Hi y'all Thought you would enjoy this one Dave GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOU SMILE..... ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S A TRUE STORY. 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 WERE, "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 ANSWER THE QUESTION. IN 1938 WHEN HE WAS A KID IN A SMALL MIDWEST TOWN, HE WAS PLAYING BASEBALL WITH A FRIEND IN THE BACKYARD. HIS FRIEND HIT THE BALL, WHICH LANDED IN HIS NEIGHBOR'S YARD BY THE BEDROOM WINDOWS. 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 .... -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.18/88 - Release Date: 01-Sep-05 From stuart at brook.ca Wed Sep 7 12:38:49 2005 From: stuart at brook.ca (Stuart Brook) Date: Wed Sep 7 12:38:56 2005 Subject: [Jokes4u] Mr Gorsky Message-ID: <200597123849.735225@notabob2> Hi y'all Thought you would enjoy this one Dave GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOU SMILE..... ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S A TRUE STORY. 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 WERE, "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 ANSWER THE QUESTION. IN 1938 WHEN HE WAS A KID IN A SMALL MIDWEST TOWN, HE WAS PLAYING BASEBALL WITH A FRIEND IN THE BACKYARD. HIS FRIEND HIT THE BALL, WHICH LANDED IN HIS NEIGHBOR'S YARD BY THE BEDROOM WINDOWS. 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 .... -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.18/88 - Release Date: 01-Sep-05 _______________________________________________ jokes4u mailing list jokes4u@stocton.org http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/jokes4u From stuart at brook.ca Wed Sep 7 12:40:01 2005 From: stuart at brook.ca (Stuart Brook) Date: Wed Sep 7 12:40:04 2005 Subject: [Jokes4u] Mr Gorsky Message-ID: <20059712401.576276@notabob2> It's a true joke ... but not a true story ... Mr Gorsky debunked ... http://www.snopes.com/quotes/mrgorsky.htm From david at robinson4141.fsnet.co.uk Sat Sep 10 04:04:27 2005 From: david at robinson4141.fsnet.co.uk (David Robinson) Date: Sat Sep 10 04:06:41 2005 Subject: [Jokes4u] [Fwd: FW: HOW we can help reduce Petrol Prices DO IT NOW] Message-ID: <4322938B.4030005@robinson4141.fsnet.co.uk> -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: "Mike Turrall" Subject: FW: HOW we can help reduce Petrol Prices DO IT NOW Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 15:51:13 +0100 Size: 18475 Url: http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/jokes4u/attachments/20050910/2fba1a59/HOWwecanhelpreducePetrolPricesDOITNOW.mht -------------- next part -------------- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.19/93 - Release Date: 08-Sep-05 From stuart at brook.ca Sat Sep 10 10:10:03 2005 From: stuart at brook.ca (Stuart Brook) Date: Sat Sep 10 10:10:09 2005 Subject: [Jokes4u] [Fwd: FW: HOW we can help reduce Petrol Prices DO IT NOW] In-Reply-To: <4322938B.4030005@robinson4141.fsnet.co.uk> Message-ID: <200591010103.431916@notabob2> There is only one problem with this ... The independents like Sainsburys buy their petrol from wholesalers ... and guess who the two major wholesalers are? Esso and BP. So, if the independents start outselling the majors, the wholesalers hold the prices up and limit supply. Same problem here in Canada. And in spite of many calls for boycotting the majors here in N. America, it doesn't happen ... too many people have brand loyalty or name brand loyalty. From david at robinson4141.fsnet.co.uk Fri Sep 30 03:31:36 2005 From: david at robinson4141.fsnet.co.uk (David Robinson) Date: Fri Sep 30 03:36:33 2005 Subject: [Jokes4u] Cajun Fireman Message-ID: <433CE9D8.4080008@robinson4141.fsnet.co.uk> I liked this one so I thought that I had better pass it on! Dave Cajun Fireman A Cajun fireman came home from work one day and said to his wife: "Y'know sumpin, we have a wonderful new system at de fire station. Bell 1 rings - we put on our jackets. Bell 2 rings - we slide down de pole. Bell 3 rings - we jump on de ingine and we's ready to go. From now on, when I says 'Bell one' I want you to strip naked. When I says 'Bell two' you jump on de bed. When I says 'Bell tree' we's gonna mek love all tru de night. The next night he came home and shouted! 'Bell One' and she stripped naked. 'Bell Two' and she jumped on the bed. 'Bell Tree' and they started to make love. After a few minutes the wife yelled out 'Bell Four'. What de hell is 'Bell Four'? he asked. She replied : "Roll out more hose, you ain't nowhere near de fire -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.6/111 - Release Date: 23-Sep-05