Does this remind us of everyone we love to hate in the White House?

[Bobbieo]

This is the transcription of the ACTUAL radio conversation between the British and the Irish off the coast of Kerry , Ireland October 1998. Radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations 10-10-98.
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IRISH: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision.

BRITISH: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision.

IRISH: Negative. You will have to divert your course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision.

BRITISH: This is the Captain of a British Navy Ship. I say again, divert YOUR course.

IRISH: Negative. I say again, you will have to divert YOUR course.

BRITISH: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS BRITANNIA! THE SECOND LARGEST SHIP IN THE BRITISH ATLANTIC FLEET. WE ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THREE DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS AND NUMEROUS SUPPORT VESSELS. DEMAND YOU CHANGE YOUR COURSE 15 DEGREES NORTH. I SAY AGAIN, THAT IS 15 DEGREES NORTH OR COUNTER MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP.

IRISH: We are a lighthouse. Your call ------

[acmavm]

1. Nothing like block headed ignorant stubborness in the face of

impending catastrophe. Why is it that some people just cannot give an inch even, or especially, when it is in their own best interests?

[tocqueville]

2. urban legend

there is an US/canadian version too. But it's a good one.

[hwmnbn]

3. You gotta be kidding .....

this didn't really happen did it? I mean with radar, GPS, all the sophisticated communications, didn't the Captain of the ship know where he was?

If anything he should have been given a sobriety test.

[Cleita]

4. Great story!

I have heard many in my lifetime. I understand the irony. Hehe.

[Bobbieo]

8. I think it's a great story, too -

It's probably one of those silly interent stories that passes from one nationality to the next, but I needed the laugh. It made ny day!!!!

[onehandle]

5. Never happened. Snopes--->

http://www.snopes.com/military/lighthse.htm

[Cleita]

6. It doesn't matter. The parable value is immense.n/t

[B Calm]

7. A man stumbles up to the only other patron in a bar

A man stumbles up to the only other patron in a bar and asks if he could buy him a drink.

"Why of course," comes the reply.
The first man then asks: "Where are you from?"
"I'm from Ireland," replies the second man.
The first man responds: "You don't say, I'm from Ireland too! Let's have another round to Ireland."

"Of Course," replies the second man. Curious, the first man then asks: "Where in Ireland are you from?" "Dublin," comes the reply.

"I can't believe it," says the first man. "I'm from Dublin too! Let's have another drink to Dublin."

"Of course," replies the second man. Curiosity again strikes and the first man asks: "What school did you go to?"

"Saint Mary's," replies the second man. "I graduated in '62."
"This is unbelievable!" the first man says. "I went to Saint Mary's and I graduated in '62, too!"

About that time in comes one of the regulars and sits down at the bar. "What's been going on?" he asks the bartender. "Nothing much," replies the bartender. "The O'Malley twins are drunk again."

[DS1]

9. This is so old

[Lefty48197]

10. WHY does the lighthouse operator hate Great Britain?

?