Deblogpatrolling Neil Armstrong
05/04/2005 20:46:01 poems related to Neil Armstrong (Google)
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Lunar Phrases March 24th, 2004. 6:24 pm cet.Thoughts: 3 Phylum: The Moon
Welcome to Moon Week on Albino Neutrino. A week devoted to posts about the moon.
Yesterday, I mentioned a poem that Neil Armstrong attempted to write about bees, to announce his safe landing on the lunar surface. Neil never used the poem in the end, but Buzz Aldrin finished it anyway, two weeks later, at home in his kitchen. Today I can exclusively present that poem in full:
CITIZENS OF THE WORLD, MR. PRESIDENT - MY FELLOW AMERICANS:
(pause for effect)
I hope I don't stumble, Mr. Bumble,
When we've landed on the moon,
for I may tumble, Mr. Bumble,
If I leave the ladder too soon...
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The whole world can see me, Mr. Bee,
and I don't want to look like a loon,
on the Sea of Tranquility, Mr. Bee,
having fallen off the module, like a goon.
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Thank you.
(Jump now.)(Don't read this bit out)
That was Neil Armstrong's original poem for landing on the moon. Copyright: Buzz Aldrin, friend of the bee and saviour of the universe
Lunar Phases March 23rd, 2004. 10:24 am cet.Thoughts: 11 Phylum: The Moon
Neil Armstrong, sitting in the lunar module, is watching the moon get closer and closer, when he suddenly realises that he's got nothing to say for the big moment.
He asks Buzz Aldrin, who suggests that he makes up some poem about bees. He tries that for a while, but he only gets "I hope I don't stumble, Mr. Bumble.". Frantic now, he scribbles down a few thoughts on a note pad:
"Well, here we are. I'm going to leap.". No.
"I am in leap mode. Preparing to leap. Bye.". No. Too boring.
"Look, its just a little leap now.". Worse.
"Ok, well, its a little leap for me, of course. You lot don't get to leap anywhere". No, that's just stupid.
"I leap, you leap, we all leap. Its the moon!'. Christ. Get a grip.
"One small step for me, one giant leap for you assholes" Heh heh.
"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind". Well, its stupid, but it'll have to do.
Of course, the irony of all this was that actually, Neil Armstrong's first words were:
"Get off my hands, Buzz, I can't climb down the ladder".
But this was covered up by Hoover and the FBI. Alan Shepard, co-incidentally, wanted to hoover the moon. He thought that maybe there would be some hamburgers under all that dust.
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