Joke I recieved over Email

[Machina123]

no no no

u c i do know my history. One we practically funded ww1. we didnt get rifles and tanks were only invented towards the end of the war. the british made the first one if u know ur history. And troops and morrale were low untill the "yank" arrived. America played a much bigger part than u think either financially or with troops. and how can tehy GIVE us weapons when they had an outrageous debt to pay back. and we supplied them with many goods. get ur history strait. eh?

[HoppysMag]

Re: no no no

Originally posted by Machina123
u c i do know my history. One we practically funded ww1. we didnt get rifles and tanks were only invented towards the end of the war. the british made the first one if u know ur history. And troops and morrale were low untill the "yank" arrived. America played a much bigger part than u think either financially or with troops. and how can tehy GIVE us weapons when they had an outrageous debt to pay back. and we supplied them with many goods. get ur history strait. eh?

as the saying goes, some countrys owe us debts so great that we could bankrupt them in a day if we called them in... donno if thats true or not but it sounds good

[RoadDawg]

alright guys I'd appreciate it if you'd take your arguments to PM's or in your own thread please.

[Quiet]

RoadDawg - Give em hell.

It was a light hearted thread, why do people feel the need to trash it?

[Koosh]

:P

This is the actual radio conversation of a US naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October 1995. Radio conversation released by the chief of naval operations, 10-10-95.

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 US LINCOLN, the second largest ship in the United States Atlantic Fleet. We are accompanied with 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.

[HoppysMag]

Originally posted by TheFlamingKoosh
:P

This is the actual radio conversation of a US naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October 1995. Radio conversation released by the chief of naval operations, 10-10-95.

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 US LINCOLN, the second largest ship in the United States Atlantic Fleet. We are accompanied with 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.

actualy the navy denies this happened. and second it was published as a joke in a US NAVY magazine... when you take stuff from snoops.com please tell the good people wether its true or not...


Claim: In 1995 an embarrassing conversation between a lighthouse and an aircraft carrier was recorded by the Chief of Naval Operations, the transcript of which leaked out to the general public.
Status: False.

Example: [Collected on the Internet, 1998]


ACTUAL transcript of a US naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October, 1995. This radio conversation was released by the Chief of Naval Operations on 10-10-95.
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, you divert YOUR course."

Americans: "THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS ABRAHAM 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. 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."




Origins: The story of the self-important aircraft carrier captain getting his well-earned comeuppance at the hands of a plain-speaking lighthouse has been making the rounds on the Internet since early 1996. Most writeups purport to be transcripts of a 1995 conversation between a ship and a lighthouse as documented by Chief of Naval Operations.

It ain't true. Not only does the Navy disclaim it, the anecdote shows up in a 1992 collection of jokes and tall tales. Worse, it appears in Stephen Covey's 1989 The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, and he got it from a 1987 issue of Proceedings, a publication of the U.S. Naval Institute.

It's likely far older than that, because another reader mentioned he saw it passed around as a photocopied joke in the late 1960s while serving aboard either the USS Dixie or USS Truxtun. That certainly agrees with the opinion of Navy sources (as quoted in the news article later on this page); they place the story as being thirty or forty years old.

Slightly different versions name different ships as the one which unwillingly gained a lesson in the unimportance of self importance. Having debunked this tale a few times themselves, the Navy has a web page about this legend, one that answers what three of the commonly cited ships were doing at the time this supposedly occurred.



from www.snoops.com 's military section

EDIT: not to mention if anything its the canadians fault for not identifying them selves...

[Quiet]

Way to take the fun out of that one Hoppy

[back2integrity]

As a hockey player, I can't help but like Canada. I get good quality yet inexpensive hockey sticks from them. You do have to admit though, for as big as Canada is, you'd think that more good stuff would come from it. But as the Arrogant Worms (Canadian) say with pride about their country: "it's not what you do with it, it's the size that counts." (Now all this is in good fun, I'm glad to have Canada as our big neighbor).

[-=Squid=-]

Originally posted by back2integrity
As a hockey player, I can't help but like Canada. I get good quality yet inexpensive hockey sticks from them. You do have to admit though, for as big as Canada is, you'd think that more good stuff would come from it. But as the Arrogant Worms (Canadian) say with pride about their country: "it's not what you do with it, it's the size that counts." (Now all this is in good fun, I'm glad to have Canada as our big neighbor).

eh?

[HoppysMag]

Originally posted by Quiet
Way to take the fun out of that one Hoppy

any time i did find that amussing the first time i read it...

i wasnt sure wether you thought it was real or not so i butted in, sorry for ruining ur fun.

[back2integrity]

For anyone who hasn't heard of the Arrogant Worms, I guess my last post would not have made much sense. Look them up and check out their song "Canada is really really big," as well as their other songs they have about Canada.