A few weeks ago I posted a story a friend told me about the dumbest thing they heard on Channel 16 while boating in Florida. Here are a couple more.
From the Beagle Blogger, Peter McGrath, heard in the Solent:
"Solent Coastguard this is motor boat Imbecile, I am aground, over."
"Motorboat imbecile, this is Solent Coastguard, have you tried your engines in astern. over?"
Long silence.
"Solent Coastguard, this is motorboat imecile. We are no longer aground..."
And this classic from John Gilbert in Canada:
This is based on an actual radio conversation between a U.S. Navy
aircraft carrier (U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln) and Canadian authorities
off the coast of Newfoundland in October, 1995. (The radio
conversation was released by the Chief of Naval Operations on
10/10/95 authorized by the Freedom of Information Act.)Canadians: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the South to
avoid 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: This is a lighthouse. Your call.
Keep 'em coming.
I'm sure the first one has happened many times but sadly the second story is one of those Internet urban legends that has been going around for many years. Check out http://www.snopes.com/military/lighthouse.asp
Posted by: tillerman | August 26, 2007 at 12:05 PM
Why let the truth ruin a perfectly good story
Posted by: Adam Turinas | August 26, 2007 at 01:50 PM
Thats a shame - thought it hysterical!
Posted by: Bunty | August 30, 2007 at 07:58 AM
Watch the Navy and the lighthouse movie somewhere in the Irish Sea...
http://www.sail.ie/vids.htm
Posted by: sail.ie | September 11, 2007 at 07:07 AM