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One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

Can you tell the difference?

Astronauts should learn English before astrophysics.
 
ChilledVodka said:
One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

Can you tell the difference?

Astronauts should learn English before astrophysics.
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He actually screwed up his lines when he said it. He said it as you have it for the thread title (no "a"), but was meant to say it as you've stated in what I quoted above (with the "a").

With the "a" it does indeed make sense. He was comparing the miniscule step he was taking as a person, compared to the leap humankind had made, as a species. So, yes, I can tell the difference. He still screwed up, though. :p

Lou
 
He's the first man in history to set foot on the moon, and you want eloquence? They aren't bad first words, but personally, I'm not even sure I like that they scripted it. Whatever happened to the langauge of the common man as spoknen in a state of vivid excitement? (tm W. Wordsworth).

Shanglan
 
BlackShanglan said:
He's the first man in history to set foot on the moon, and you want eloquence? They aren't bad first words, but personally, I'm not even sure I like that they scripted it. Whatever happened to the langauge of the common man as spoknen in a state of vivid excitement? (tm W. Wordsworth).

Shanglan
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I'm guessing that if they hadn't scripted it, in his over-excitement he might've deprived everyone of a useful and expletive-free sound bite for millenia to come. :D
 
ChilledVodka said:
One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

Can you tell the difference?

Astronauts should learn English before astrophysics.
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It was a rush job, CV. He only had like about a year to prepare.


Eddie The Understanding
 
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Actually, the first words he said were: "Slippery here."

Then he remembered the scripted words and said them.
 
Actually I heard his first words were, "It's one small step for man... what the? ... Where the hell did that Starbucks come from?!"

But the govenrment edited it for TV. :D
 
Virtual_Burlesque said:
I didn't know that.

Of course, you are SO much older than I am. ;)
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I guess they didn't have the TV on in the nursing home that day...


;)
 
What he should have said?

Hopped down, screamed "Oh my God! They're attacking!" and turned off the camera.

That would have been funny as hell.

:devil:
 
ChilledVodka said:
One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

Can you tell the difference?

Astronauts should learn English before astrophysics.
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Some men get all flustered when they leave their home planet. The line, which has "sub-committee" written all over it, was supposed to be, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."

Armstrong expressed the thought better in The Onion's version, published in their retrospective book of newspaper cover stories:

Headine: HOLY SHIT. MAN WALKS ON FUCKING MOON.

Armstrong: "Shit, man! I'm standing on the fucking moon! Houston, can you believe this shit? Over."

Houston: "Roger. Fuck yeah! That is some fucking cool shit. Over."
 
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shereads said:
Some men get all flustered when they leave their home planet. The line, which has "sub-committee" written all over it, was supposed to be, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."

Armstrong expressed the thought better in The Onion's version, published in their retrospective book of newspaper cover stories:

Headine: HOLY SHIT. MAN WALKS ON FUCKING MOON.

Armstrong: "Shit, man! I'm standing on the fucking moon! Houston, can you believe this shit? Over."

Houston: "Roger. Fuck yeah! That is some fucking cool shit. Over."
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I just have to kiss you!

That was fuckin beautiful!

giggles

:kiss: :kiss: :kiss:
 
Has anyone else heard the Mr Grovsky story?

Allegedly, after the "one small step for man" thing, Neil Armstrong said

"This one's for you Mr Grovsky"

No-one knew what he meant, and for thirty years he kept counsel, refusing to divulge.

A few years ago, he relented.

When he was a little kid, he lived next to Mr and Mrs Grovsky. One day, when he was playing in the yard, he overheard them arguing. She said

"Blowjob? Blowjob? You'll get a blowjob when that fucking kid next door walks on the moon."
 
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