Canada vs. USA

[Stiletto]

CANADA vs. USA



This is an actual radio conversation between a United States Navy
aircraft carrier (U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln) and Canadian authorities off the
coast off Newfoundland in October 1995. (The radio conversation was released
by the Chief of Naval Operations on 10/10/95 as authorised by the Freedom of Information Act.)

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 to avoid a collision.

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...I SAY AGAIN...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.....

[redjasper]

What we have here is a failure to communicate! ;D ;D ;D ;D What's that movie... Paul Newman... Strother Martin, I think, was the one who said it... the one with the eggs.... oh yeah, 'Cool Hand Luke'. ;D ;D ;D ;D

This is a prime example of the politeness of Canadians, in a Chip and Dale kind of way. ;D ;D ;D ;D You change course... no you change course... I'm so sorry but...I'm a lighthouse.

Good one, Stil!! ;D ;D ;D ;D

[FlyIntoOblivion]

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Oh, America...

[dawn]

Fantastic ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[jenn]

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[IWOmusic]

Stilleto, that was funny!!!

[feather]

Thanks Stiletto - that was interesting. Wonder what happened to the American flotilla Guess they had to

[lhfan4life]

That was way too funny!!