USA vs. Canada

[Studlover (imported)]

(This one has been around internet for years now but new to some. Still funny).

This is the transcript of an actual radio conversation of a US naval

ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in

October, 1995.

Radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations 10-10-95.

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: This is a lighthouse. Your call.