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Originally Posted by SilentKnight
Transcript of a radio conversation between a US naval ship and Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October 1995.
US Ship: Please divert your course 0.5 degrees to the south to avoid a collision.
CND reply: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision.
US Ship: This is the Captain of a US Navy Ship. I say again, divert your course.
CND reply: No. I say again, you divert YOUR course!
US Ship: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS CORAL SEA, WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW!!
CND reply: This is a lighthouse. Your call.
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Coral Sea was decommissioned in 1990, but facts don't matter.
Edit: The best part? The urban legend is SO common that there is a long wiki about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightho...l_urban_legend