Listers may have seen this one before....
Here is the transcript of an actual radio conversation of a US naval
ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in Oct. 95.
Actual radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval 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 BATTLESHIP USS MISSOURI, WE ARE A LARGE
WARSHIP OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW!
Canadians: This is a lighthouse. Your call.
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