...stay the course!
Published on October 3, 2006 By Deference In Humor
Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!

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.

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.

From Joke-of-the-Day.com

Comments
on Oct 03, 2006
Enjoy!
on Oct 03, 2006
i enjoyed! very funny!
on Oct 03, 2006

Very funny, though completely fabricated 

http://www.snopes.com/military/lighthse.htm

EDIT:I'm a dummy, didn't see the joke bit, thought it was being seriously posted... Mike = dumb
on Oct 03, 2006
  
on Oct 04, 2006
Love it!  Thanks for the early morning laugh.
on Oct 04, 2006
great! Funny! I wonder who that captain was and what was he drinking? Strange