----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >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. >