Fun_People Archive
18 Dec
On the high seas

Date: Mon, 18 Dec 95 00:03:26 -0800
From: Peter Langston <psl>
To: Fun_People
Subject: On the high seas

[I guess all things are relative, but keep in mind that some rules for driving  
cars derive from the nautical "rules of the road"...  -psl]

Forwarded-by: rossentj@interaccess.com (Tom Rossen)
Forwarded-by: duff@mcs.com (Mike Duff)
Forwarded-by: jonm@netscape.com (Jon Mittlehauser)
Forwarded-by: shani@netscape.com (Shani Parrott)

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Actual radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations,
10-10-95.
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#1:  Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a
     collision.

#2:  Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to South to avoid a
     collision.

#1:  This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR
     course.

#2:  No. I say again, you divert YOUR course.

#1.  THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER ENTERPRISE, WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF
     THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW!

#2.  This is a lighthouse. Your call.

© 1995 Peter Langston