couldn't resist... -----Original Message----- From: KOLA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ><+>=<+>KOLA Newslist<+>=<+> >[from WyndinOak. Thanks! :) ] > > > > "Indian Message To the Moon" > > When NASA was preparing for the Apollo project, it 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 spoke only Navajo, asked a question > which his son translated. "What are these 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 all 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 his son to translate it. 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, the NASA crew called in an official government translator. He > reported that the message said, "Watch out for these guys; they have > come to steal your land." > ><+>=<+> >KOLA Information: http://users.skynet.be/kola/index.htm >KOLA Petitions: http://kola-hq.hypermart.net >KOLA Greeting Cards: http://users.skynet.be/kola/cards.htm ><+>=<+> >if you want to be removed from the KOLA >Email Newslist, just send us a message with >"unsub" in the subject or text body ><+>=<+> > > ------------------------------------------------------ RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/
