Maggie's Farm

There’s an old, supposedly-true (and totally apocryphal) story that’s been floating around the Internet since the BBS days.  Here’s how it’s often told:

Actual radio transcript released by the Chief of Naval Operations 10-10-95:

Station #1: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the north to avoid a collision.

Station #2: Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to the south to avoid a collision.

Station #1: This is the Captain of a US Navy ship.  I say again, divert YOUR course.

Station #2: No.  I say again, you divert YOUR course.

Station #1: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER ENTERPRISE.  WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF THE US NAVY.  DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW!

Station #2: This is the Puget Sound lighthouse.  It’s your call.

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