Didn't see that coming: Navy edition
I have no idea if this is real or not, and I don't care. It's my new favorite thing in all the world:
This is a transcript of a radio conversation between US and Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October 1995. Radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations 10-10-95.Posted in a comment on this post at Shakesville. The quote that makes up the body of that post is also one of my new favorite things, but in an entirely different way.
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.
5 comments:
I shared a somewhat longer version of this story at a hospice staff meeting a while back, and one of our nurses, who is an Ojibway Indian from Ontario, knows a radio operator who monitored that interchange when it actually happened.
Well, that settles it. Someone I know knows someone who knows someone who can personally attest to it.
This can only mean one thing:
Yes, folks, it's our very own Coasting Richly urban legend!
Well darn. The thing is, I actually thought of checking it out on snopes.com yesterday when I posted my comment, but I decided it was probably too good to be true and I didn't want to know!
But...I wonder what Alie's friend heard??
I did check snopes, but you said you didn't care if it was true or not, and I didn't want to ruin your new favorite thing in all the world.
Go have a look here
http://www.stupidvideos.com/video/commercials/Lighthouse/
A great blog! Thank you!
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