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scottobearUPDATE- net hoax, apparently. still a funny story, though.
Transcript of apocryphal radio conversation between United States Aircraft Carrier USS Lincoln and Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October, 1995.
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:
"We are a lighthouse. Your call."
Transcript of apocryphal radio conversation between United States Aircraft Carrier USS Lincoln and Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October, 1995.
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:
"We are a lighthouse. Your call."
