Diplomatic head to head between Canada and the USA

[Eamonn]

[Draggon]

you need to fix your img tags

[Eamonn]

The stupid thing wont come up or even link because it saya there are errors in the script, fuck it il just retype the transcript-

This is an 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 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 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 accompinied 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.

[purposefulinsanity]

Still a blank post 

[Lucifer]

ah, that's gnomic, that is.

v profound.

practically Zen.

* Lucifer nods, sagely.

[purposefulinsanity]

pmsl

[Eamonn]

ah, that's gnomic, that is.

v profound.

practically Zen.

* Lucifer nods, sagely.

Going anywhere for the summer holidies? Please tell me it's Guatamala.

[Lucifer]

excellent!

my sister sent me that in an email, and i've read it squillions of times, and it still makes me howl.

nice one, my little tartan treasure. 

[Lucifer]

why guatemala?

probably nowhere, actually - can't afford holidays. 

[Eamonn]

why guatemala?

Oh, no reason. I daresay you can afford holidies but only if you learn to adjust your lifestyle a little.

[Lucifer]

oh, you mean like not eat at all, have no home to live in, that sort of thing?

silly me - dur!

why didn't i think of that?

breatharianism, here i come...

 

[Eamonn]

oh, you mean like not eat at all, have no home to live in, that sort of thing?

silly me - dur!

why didn't i think of that?

breatharianism, here i come...

 

Nope it wasnt that, you've got food on the brain again.

[Beowulf]

That Canuck sounds like a smartarse. He had two chances to tell the Yank he was communicating from a lighthouse.

[Lucifer]

/mutters, "sense of humour bypass..." 

[Beowulf]

/mutters, "sense of humour bypass..."?

I've got Asperger's Syndrome. What can I say?

The transcript Eamonn posted is apparently from an actual radio conversation. Now it has most likely spread successfully over the internet because of its use in illustrating American arrogance and stupidity. Would people view it differently if the roles of the American and the Canadian were reversed?

I did find the transcript quite amusing. And then my pedantry got the better of me.

I'm just surprised that in a real-time situation such as a naval radio conversation, a person wouldn't take the first opportunity to let the other person know why they couldn't divert their "course".

And I do have a sense of humour by the way. Don't you remember my joke about Einstein's dick??