# What Armstrong REALLY Said on the Moon!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 20, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-armstrong-really-said-on-the-moon/255943 "2004-07-20T04:19:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-armstrong-really-said-on-the-moon/255943/1 "2004-07-20T04:19:41Z")
Given that it’s the 35th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing, NASA has decided to release the [unedited comments of Neil Armstrong as he set foot on the Moon.](http://www.blogjam.com/neil_armstrong/) (Please note that this is definately **not** work safe and does contain sound.) ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-armstrong-really-said-on-the-moon/255943/2 "2004-07-20T04:42:10Z")
That was _fucking_ hilarious! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-armstrong-really-said-on-the-moon/255943/3 "2004-07-20T04:48:03Z")
Oh dear. But really…I can’t help but laugh! Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-armstrong-really-said-on-the-moon/255943/4 "2004-07-20T04:48:27Z")
I thought it was fucking moronic. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-armstrong-really-said-on-the-moon/255943/5 "2004-07-20T04:50:51Z")
What passes for humor these days escapes me. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-armstrong-really-said-on-the-moon/255943/6 "2004-07-20T04:53:35Z")
It was funnier in print. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-armstrong-really-said-on-the-moon/255943/7 "2004-07-20T05:22:42Z")
Yawn. I like [this outtake](http://viral.lycos.co.uk/attachments/1932/moontruth.mpeg) better. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-armstrong-really-said-on-the-moon/255943/8 "2004-07-20T05:48:55Z")
There are some funny posts in the “comments” section of that site. There are also some assholey ones, just like in this thread. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-armstrong-really-said-on-the-moon/255943/9 "2004-07-20T06:37:52Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I thought it was fucking moronic. Man, that’s gotta be some _big_ stick. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![SnakeSpirit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snakespirit/32/7271_2.png) [@SnakeSpirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakeSpirit)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-armstrong-really-said-on-the-moon/255943/10 "2004-07-20T07:45:57Z")
Really. Don’t we have better things to do than this? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-armstrong-really-said-on-the-moon/255943/11 "2004-07-20T09:41:38Z")
> [@Snakespirit](#): > > Don’t we have better things to do than this? That’s a silly question to ask on a message board. Anyway, **Johnny Bravo** is right. _The Onion_ did it first in Our Dumb Century about five years ago (maybe more), and it’s a funnier joke in print. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-armstrong-really-said-on-the-moon/255943/12 "2004-07-20T09:43:45Z")
[The Onion article](http://www.theonion.com/history/index.php?issue=4028) ---
**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-armstrong-really-said-on-the-moon/255943/13 "2004-07-20T13:12:48Z")
See, I always figured his first words would be “I can see my house” ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-armstrong-really-said-on-the-moon/255943/14 "2004-07-20T16:39:21Z")
“Ullrich will be along any minute now.”