Funny

[Harryz]

While cleaning out my computer room I came across this printed email I received a long time ago, and I still find it hilarious.

This is the transcript of the ACTUAL radio conversation of a US naval ship with the Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October 1995.

Radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations 10/10/95

>Canadians: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision.

>Americans: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the North.

>Canadians: Negative. You will have to 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 COUNTERMEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP.

>Canadians: We are a lighthouse. Your call.

 

[azz0r]

ROFLMAOL gg canada.

 

[leadfish]

Ahahahahahaha! Gold

 

[ComradeBadger]

Nice one!

 

[Cybernoid]

I hope the lighthouse wasn't hurt.

 

[CrazyHarij]

Oh yeah, this is pretty old, there was a swedish commercial for water traffic or something with that conversation, was very epic sorta like a blockbuster movie, it was hilarious

 

[azz0r]

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

 

[CrazyHarij]

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

Yay, thanks for bursting my bubble :|



;(

 

[Raxxman]

Best one of this type I've seen have been the pilot reports about planes to techs, and the responces to the pilots by the techs.

I can't find the web page but a few I remmember are:

Pilot: Automatic landing was very rought
Tech: Automatic landing not installed on this aircraft

Pilot: Engine 3 missing
Tech: After intensive search engine 3 located on left wing of aircraft

Pilot: Something rattles in the cockpit
Tech: Something tightened in the cockpit

course its better when you know fighter pilots and you're thinking 'Yeah that's just like em '

 

[C-O-N-Spiracy]

Cmon.. youve got like 7 ships in a group with state of the art technology and youre gonna tell me that not one of them couldnt have told whether or not it was a lighthouse they were speaking to.. someone made this joke up.

 

[C-O-N-Spiracy]

Best one of this type I've seen have been the pilot reports about planes to techs, and the responces to the pilots by the techs.

I can't find the web page but a few I remmember are:

Pilot: Automatic landing was very rought
Tech: Automatic landing not installed on this aircraft

Pilot: Engine 3 missing
Tech: After intensive search engine 3 located on left wing of aircraft

Pilot: Something rattles in the cockpit
Tech: Something tightened in the cockpit

course its better when you know fighter pilots and you're thinking 'Yeah that's just like em '

Haha! Yeah pilots like this always like to blame us maintenance crew for the problems they have in the air sometimes.. and when they come back down, sometimes they had problems with something we cant duplicate or it was just pilot error (but they wouldnt like to admit that..)

 

[nw909]

Cmon.. youve got like 7 ships in a group with state of the art technology and youre gonna tell me that not one of them couldnt have told whether or not it was a lighthouse they were speaking to.. someone made this joke up.

Yeah, uh, I think the snopes.com link proved that.

 

[C-O-N-Spiracy]

oh i missed the link.. i replied right away.

 

[h00dlum]

isnt that from a comerical...? I remember seeing it on TV and as a clip on internet..