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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 07:39 PM
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If Neil Armstrong started making his "One small step" speech but then
had to go to the toilet pronto, what would he do?

Continue his well stated speech and risk letting it go in his pants and stink up the return trip?

Or find the nearest lavatory?
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 08:10 PM
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1. I thought the Apollo era space suits had ummmm "facilities" for that n/t
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 08:15 PM
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2. Damn!
:rofl:
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 08:16 PM
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3. Ha. Lavatory! No port-a-potties on the moon, FR wasn't even thought of
yet!
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 08:18 PM
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4. Donovan Leitch answered that question in '73.
Edited on Sun Apr-30-06 08:19 PM by JonathanChance
I was impressed like everyone,
When man began to fly,
Out of earthly regions,
To planets in the sky.
With total media coverage,
We watched the heros land,
As ceremoniously
They disturbed the cosmic sand.

In awe with admiration,
We listened to the talk.
Such pride felt they,
Such joy to be
Upon the moon to walk.
My romantic vision shattered,
When it was explained to me,
Spacemen wear old diapers
In which they shit and pee.

Oh, the intergalactic laxative,
Will get you from here to there.
Relieve you and believe me,
Without a worry or care.
If shitting is your problem,
When you're out there in the stars,
Oh, the intergalactic laxative
Will get you from here to Mars.

They don't partake like you and I,
Of beefy burger mush.
Their food is specially prepared
To dissolve into slush.
Absorbed by multi-fibers
In the super diaper suit,
Otherwise the slush would trickle
Down inside the boot.

Oh, the intergalactic laxative,
Will get you from here to there.
Relieve you and believe me,
Without a worry or care.
If shitting is your problem
When you're out there in the stars,
Oh, the intergalactic laxative
Will get you from here to Mars.

You may well ask now what becomes
Of liquid they consume.
A pipe is led from penis head
To a unit in the room.
The water is recirculated,
Filtered for re-use.
In case of anti-gravity -
Pee gets on the loose.

Oh, the intergalactic laxative,
Will get you from here to there.
Relieve you and believe me,
Without a worry or care.
If shitting is your problem
When you're out there in the stars,
Oh, the intergalactic laxative
Will get you from here to Mars.

Wherever man has conquered,
On the quest for frontiers new,
(Da da da da)
I'm glad that he's always had to do
The number one and two.
It makes it all so ordinary,
Just like you and me,
To know the greatest heroes,
They had to shit and pee.

The intergalactic laxative
Will get you from here to there,
For cosmic constipation
There's none that can compare.
If shitting is your problem
When you're out there in the stars,
Oh, the intergalactic laxative,
The intergalactic laxative,
The intergalactic laxative,
Will get you from here to Mars.
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elshiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 08:21 PM
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5. OMG!
:o
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Gatchaman Donating Member (944 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 08:53 PM
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6. I don't think it would have been good for posterity
if Armstrong had said, "I'm pissing my pants while walking on the moon!"
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 08:59 PM
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7. No, but it'd have felt good!
:D
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Gold Metal Flake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 09:19 PM
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8. Wasn't that a song by the Police?
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meow2u3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 10:01 PM
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9. He'd probably radio back after he went
"One small step for man; one giant piss on the moon" :evilgrin:
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