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Re: (meteorobs) Joke
Have you tried the new restaurant on the moon?
-good food, but no atmosphere...
----- Original Message -----
From: Dennis Schneider <master@ionetdot net>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 11:01 AM
Subject: (meteorobs) Joke
> Maybe this happened and maybe it didn't. But it sure as heck should
> have.
>
> When NASA was preparing for the Apollo project, they did some astronaut
> training on a Navajo Indian reservation. One day, a Navajo elder and his
son
> were herding sheep and came across the space crew. The old man, who only
> spoke Navajo, asked a question, which his son translated. "What are the
> guys in the big suits doing?"
>
> A member of the crew said they were practicing for their trip to the
> moon. The old man got really excited and asked if he could send a
> message to the moon with the astronauts. Recognizing a promotional
> opportunity for the spin-doctors, the NASA folks found a tape recorder.
> After the old man recorded his message, they asked the son to translate.
> He refused.
>
> So the NASA reps brought the tape to the reservation, where the rest of
> the tribe listened and laughed, but refused to translate the elder's
> message to the moon.
>
> Finally, NASA called in an official government translator. He reported
> that the moon message said, "Watch out for these guys; they've come to
> steal your land."
>
>
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