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>From: Thomas P Maloney <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Collision Course
>
.  Someone sent this to me a few weeks ago, and I am STILL
>giggling about it.  The following is an actual radio conversation released
>by the US Chief of Naval Operations on 10 October 1995:
>
>     NAVY:      Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to
>                avoid a collision.
>
>     CIVILIAN:  Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to South
>                to avoid a collision.
>
>     NAVY:      This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again,
>                divert YOUR course.
>
>     CIVILIAN:  No. I say again, you divert YOUR course.
>
>     NAVY:      THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER ENTERPRISE, WE ARE A LARGE
>                WARSHIP OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW!
>
>     CIVILIAN:  This is a lighthouse. Your call.
>