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Topic: Letterman's Top 10
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John K. Rochester Member Posts: 1292 From: Rochester, NY, USA Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 04-13-2005 09:37 AM
Top Ten Other Things To Say When Stepping On The Moon 10. "Set your phasers for 'fun' -- the Buzzmeister has landed!"
9. "Jeez, what a dump!" 8. "That's one small step for man, once giant leap for my sock puppet Winky." 7. "I think I can see Ebert from here." 6. "Hey, Linda McGinty of Montclair High School -- remember when you wouldn't go out with me? Well, look at me now -- I'm on the moon!" 5. "I'd like to give a shout out to all my homies on the planet Earth." 4. "Visa -- it's everywhere you want to be! I just made 5 million bucks." 3. "Does this mean I have to miss the Smashing Pumpkins on 53rd Street?" 2. "Holy Crap!" 1. "Okay, I stepped on it -- now let's get the hell outta here." Any more you can come up with? |
Capcom1 Member Posts: 55 From: Monroe, WA Registered: Jul 2004
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posted 04-13-2005 10:45 AM
I like the one from FTETTM (I forgot who said it, maybe Collins to Neil and Buzz)"If you had any guts you'd yell 'What the hell is THAT?' then cut your mike.." I LOVE that one, but then again, gallows humor is my thing... |
MoonMan Jeff Member Posts: 28 From: New York City Registered: Dec 2004
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posted 04-13-2005 10:51 AM
"Which way are the restrooms?""How far to the nearest gas station?" "OK, I'm out. Can I take my spacesuit off now!" "I came 240,000 miles through radiation belts and freezing outer space and now you tell me there are no jacuzzis ???" "Hey Houston.... I SPECIFICALLY said I wanted a planet with TREES !!! " "Hey Buzz... I'm gonna pull down my pants and moon the Earth !!" |
Duke Of URL Member Posts: 1316 From: Syracuse, NY Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 04-13-2005 12:10 PM
Didn't Buzz Aldrin say something along the lines of "Neil may have been the first man to walk on the moon but I'm the first man to take a leak there!"??I'm serious. I heard this someplace. I might have been a few sheets to the wind, but I heard it. |
Blackarrow Member Posts: 3160 From: Belfast, United Kingdom Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 04-13-2005 04:16 PM
It's true. I heard it. I have it on video (British Interplanetary Society 60th anniversary dinner, Hastings, England, October 1993. |
Rob Joyner Member Posts: 1308 From: GA, USA Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 04-13-2005 06:55 PM
10. "Whew! Anybody else smell cheese?!" 9. "Michael Jackson! You got NOTHIN' on me!" 8. "Wait a minute! This isn't the Sea of Frigoris!" 7. "Yeeew! It feels squishy!!!" 6. "Look! Oprah's vacationing in Jamaica!" 5. "Whoa! Look at that big, black, monolithic thing over there!" 4. "What the...?! The dark side is just one big party! Wooo Hooo!!!" 3. "Wow! I can see Uranus from here!" 2. "Aaah! That's better! Thank goodness for Gold Bond, the only medicated powder I'd take to the Moon!" 1. "Uhh...Hello, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Spielberg." |
gliderpilotuk Member Posts: 3400 From: London, UK Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 04-14-2005 03:34 AM
"What's that obelisk? My God, it's full of stars" <2001 A Space Odyssey>Paul |
Glint Member Posts: 1044 From: New Windsor, Maryland USA Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 04-14-2005 02:22 PM
quote: Originally posted by gliderpilotuk: "What's that obelisk? My God, it's full of stars" <2001 A Space Odyssey>Paul
Obelisk? In 2001: A Space Odyssey? It looked more like a monolinth. With dimension ratios 1x4x9 (1, 2, and 3 squared) to be exact.
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gliderpilotuk Member Posts: 3400 From: London, UK Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 04-14-2005 03:57 PM
"MonoliNth"?Maybe I'll concede "monolith" <ROFL> Paul |
star61 Member Posts: 294 From: Bristol UK Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 04-15-2005 07:09 AM
"Wow!...they are never going to believe this back home" Phil |
spaceheaded Member Posts: 148 From: MD Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 04-15-2005 09:29 AM
"It can't be that bad, Mrs. Gorskey!" |
RandyH Member Posts: 16 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Jul 2004
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posted 05-16-2005 05:00 PM
I will always fondly remember the humor newspaper 'The Onion' addressing this subject... (warning, adult language ahead) http://www.members.shaw.ca/rlongpre01/moon.html |
Rob Joyner Member Posts: 1308 From: GA, USA Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 05-16-2005 10:03 PM
That is very funny!!! But considering that 'less is more', it would have been MUCH more funny if the author(s) had cut back on the 'adjectives' a little! |
Capcom1 Member Posts: 55 From: Monroe, WA Registered: Jul 2004
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posted 05-17-2005 10:01 AM
The Onion is the absolute best. Sounds like how my mission might have gone if I was 16... |
DavidH Member Posts: 1217 From: Huntsville, AL, USA Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 05-17-2005 10:15 AM
Someone put together a video clip based on that Onion story. But, as with the Onion story, note that there are lots of "adjectives" and you probably don't want to play it where anyone else can hear. http://www.blogjam.com/neil_armstrong/ ------------------ http://allthese worlds.hatbag.net/space.php "America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow." - Commander Eugene Cernan, Apollo 17 Mission, 11 December 1972 |
Duke Of URL Member Posts: 1316 From: Syracuse, NY Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 05-17-2005 12:25 PM
I used to have a poster of an astronaut's boot stepping off a LM onto some dog poop. |
spaceheaded Member Posts: 148 From: MD Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 05-17-2005 06:32 PM
In the early 70's I had a friend who had a poster with the picture of Aldrin on the moon and a giant caption: "SO WHAT?"A least the creators of that poster imply they accepted as fact that we acually went there. Bill |
Jake Member Posts: 465 From: Issaquah, WA U.S.A. Registered: Jun 2002
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posted 05-18-2005 02:39 PM
In no particular order....1) Damn, no women, wasted trip...! 2) I thought YOU brought the return fuel... 3) With this helmet on eveything looks grey... 4) What is Alexei doing here...? 5) We landed in a sea, doesn't Grumman make canoes...? 6) Hey Mike, come on out! (sorry Buzz - just a joke) 7) The LEM footpads are only depressed in the surface about six feet... 8) Pete might have some trouble with that last step... 9) Can you get Nixon on the Phone...? 10) I better say something cool, folks years from now will quote me on a thing called collectSPACE.com ------------------ Jake Schultz - curator, Newport Way Air Museum (OK, it's just my home) |
collshubby Member Posts: 591 From: Madisonville, Louisiana Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-18-2005 03:03 PM
1.) "Greetings, Comrades!" (in Russian accent)2.) "You're right, Buzz. This is an excellent vantage point to watch the asteroid strike." 3.) "Hey, what's a Coke bottle doing out here?" 4.) "Help! I'm sinking!" 5.) "Um...I think I left the keys to the rover back at the Cape." 6.) "Look! No helmet!" 7.) "I'm too scared to go out! And you can't make me!" 8.) "What's that smell?" 9.)"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!" 10.) Hum the theme to 2001 ------------------ Brian Peter astronautbrian@hotmail.com |