[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.


     >********************************************************************
     >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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