This is an excerpt from the transcripts of an actual radio conversation
between a US naval ship and Canadian authorities off the coast of
Newfoundland in October 1995.
Americans: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the north to avoid a
collision.
Canadians: Recommend you 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 divert YOUR course.
Americans: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS MISSOURI, WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP
OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW.
Canadians: This is a lighthouse. Your call.