True And Funny

[brikkis]

This is the transcript of the ACTUAL radio conversation between the British
and the Irish, off the coast of Kerry, Oct 98. Radio conversation released
by the Chief of Naval Operations 10-10-01:


IRISH: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the
South, to avoid a collision.



BRITISH: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees
to the North, to avoid a collision.



IRISH: Negative. You will have to divert your course
15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision.


BRITISH: This is the Captain of a British navy ship. I
say again, divert YOUR course.


IRISH: Negative. I say again. You will have to divert
YOUR course.



BRITISH: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS BRITANNIA!
THE SECOND LARGEST SHIP IN THE BRITISH 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 IS 15
DEGREES NORTH, OR COUNTER-MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO
ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP.


IRISH: We are a lighthouse. Your call.

[StevieGnR]

Pretty good, I thought it was funnier when I read the American and the British version...

[Bob]

Yes, not true is it.

[James]

'THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS BRITANNIA'

That is almost as funny as the transcript