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Feb. 23rd, 2009 09:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
northernwalkerA reported transcript of a radio conversation off the coast of Newfoundland in 1997:
Americans: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the north to avoid a collision.
Canadians: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the north to avoid a collision.
Americans: This is the captain of a US Navy warship. I say again, divert your course.
Canadians: No, I say again, you divert your course.
Americans: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS MISSOURI. WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF THE U.S. NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW.
Canadians: This is a lighthouse. Your call.
Americans: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the north to avoid a collision.
Canadians: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the north to avoid a collision.
Americans: This is the captain of a US Navy warship. I say again, divert your course.
Canadians: No, I say again, you divert your course.
Americans: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS MISSOURI. WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF THE U.S. NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW.
Canadians: This is a lighthouse. Your call.
