The following is an actual radio conversation released by the US Chief of Naval Operations on 10 October 1995:
NAVY: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision.
CIVILIAN: Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to South to avoid a collision.
NAVY: This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR course.
CIVILIAN: No. I say again, you divert YOUR course.
NAVY: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER ENTERPRISE, WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW!
CIVILIAN: This is a lighthouse. Your call.
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