Misc Jokes

Message for the Moon

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."