[1328] in Humor
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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (blgreenb@MIT.EDU)
Tue Feb 27 21:19:22 1996
From: <blgreenb@MIT.EDU>
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 96 21:14:27
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To: tejpreet@MIT.EDU
Cc: ruizjuan@MIT.EDU, blgreenb@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 16:38:13 EST
From: duck@MIT.EDU
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> This is the transcript of an actual radio conversation
> of a US naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of
> Newfoundland in Oct. 95. Reprinted in the Memorial U. campus
> paper. Enjoy.
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>Actual radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations,
>10-10-95.
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> ship 1: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid
a collision.
> ship 2: Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to the South to
avoid a collision.
> ship 1: This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert
YOUR course.
> ship 2: No. I say again, you divert YOUR course.
> ship 1. THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS MISSOURI, WE ARE A LARGE
WARSHIP OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW!
> ship 2. This is a lighthouse. Your call.
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