Actual radio conversation* released by the Chief of Naval Operations, October
10, 1995:
[Voice 1] Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a
collision.
[Voice 2] Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to South to avoid a
collision.
[Voice 1] This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR
course.
[Voice 2] No. I say again, you divert YOUR course.
[Voice 1] THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER ENTERPRISE, WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF THE
US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW!
[Voice 2] This is a lighthouse. Your call.
* Not quite: http://www.snopes.com/humor/jokes/lighthse.htm - Reeves