USS Lincoln

"This ist the transcript of an ACTUAL radio conversation of a US naval ship
with the Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October,
1995.
     *****


Radio conversation released by the Chief of Nacal Operations 10-10-95.

Americans: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a 
collision.

Canadians: Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to the South to 
avoid a collision.

Americans: This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again,  divert YOUR 
course.

Canadians: No. I say again, you divert YOUR course.

Americans: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS LINCOLN, THE SECOND LARGEST 
SHIP IN THE UNITED STATES' ATLANTIC FLEET. WE ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THREE 
DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS AND NUMEROUS SUPPORT VESSELS. I DEMAND THAT YOU 
CHANGE YOUR COURSE 15 DEGREES NORTH, THAT'S ONE FIVE DEGREES NORTH, OR 
COUNTER-MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP.

Canadians: This is a lighthouse. Your call."

:-)

Markus

P.S.: lighthouse = der Leuchtturm

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If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, 
a
Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and 
explode
once a year, killing everyone inside. - Robert X. Cringely