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This 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 to the south to avoid a collision.
AMERICANS: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the north to avoid collision.
CANADIANS: Negative. You will have to divert your course 15 degrees to the south to avoid collision.
AMERICANS: This is a captain of a US Navy ship. I say again divert YOUR course
CANADIANS: No, I say again, divert YOUR course.
AMERICANS: This is the Aircraft Carrier USS LINCOLN, the second largest ship in the United States Atlantic Fleet. We are accompanied with three Destroyers, three Cruisers and numerous 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 taken to ensure the safety of this ship.
CANADIANS: This is a lighthouse. Your call though.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-CAN'T-cough-STOP-cough cough-LAUGHING!!! Β
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In theΒ defenceΒ of the USN, it's a joke that dates back to the 1930's. So not 100% true in hindsight
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Ok! It's still hilarious!
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you do know that one aircraft carrier had the power to wipe that land mass off the map before that ship got there right? its a commercial anyway, not real.
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Not a commercial, and old joke dating back to the late 1700's. Just didn't know that when I posted it.
But I don't see how a carrier could wipe out Newfoundland and Labrador. Maybe the lighthouse, but not the land it stands on
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it was a small landmass off the coast of newfoundland that had a lighthouse on it in the commercial lol. and it could not date back to the 1700s before radio transmission, and radar. it is a joke that spawned probably back in the 60s, they made a commercial about it.
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We are actually both wrong. Did some research. It dates back to a 1931 The Drumheller Review featuring a British ship in the 1800's. There is no radio conversation of course, but instead it is a one panel comic featuring an argument between the ships captain and his first mate. The joke re-emerged in 39, 88, 89, 92 and then here in 96.
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hahahaha, man thats funny as hell. its a funny as joke lol.
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LOL WHAT A USA FUCKING FAIL! XD even though i live in the USA -_- XD
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It's okay.
Turned out to be not true anyway 
So rest easy knowing that your nuclear carriers aren't running into Atlantic coast lighthouses -_-
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XD yeah that would be pretty sad. If that was real i would tell the US Military that they are fucking failing XD
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Well... the US has committed the most friendly fire of any nation involved in Afghanistan... The US and the UK being the only ISAF countries in the conflict to commit friendly fire ending in friendly casualties.
So... that may be a bit worse...
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Damn, just damn, I guess my Military for my country is failing. HOWEVER, that would change if i could use my gaming skills to move a real-life robot and kick some mother f****** a**! 
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You should, because the movie deals with a similar concept.
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Can you send a link to it on Netflix?
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I don't know how to do that...
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Crap, well then i will look it up
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I've heard this a few times already as a joke, you're sure sure sure it's not one?
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It's not a joke? I've recently heard it's an old joke dating back to the 1930's actually.
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well what I mean is that is it really a radio conversation that truly happened and is now told or just a joke invented a while ago?I wonder
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I remember getting this is a chain e-mail several years ago. Very funny! I'm not sure what the dA policy is on posting things you didn't make though.
Snopes seems to have found no evidence that this is true. [link]
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I've seen plenty of things taken from fail-blog and lolcats before. I think I'll be fine...
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You misspelled safety but besides that, I remember hearing this and it is really funny. Thanks for the laugh.
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Sorry about that, I'll change it. Welcome! XD
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um...how can they mistake a static lighthouse for a moving craft?!?!?! idiots. no offense.
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they are a fail its in there blood
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ok, this was from a while back...
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nothing, just it was unexpected.
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It's real, very real. Probably not an "every day" thing
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Sorry, but Snopes says it's false.
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But if you don't believe Snopes, the official duty log says that on October 10 1995, the USS Lincoln was nowhere near Newfoundland - it was on stand-down in California, having just finished a Tiger Cruise from Hawaii.
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While a funny joke, it's not true.
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Maybe it's not, ah well. I always thought it was.
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...well Id say it is a fail but why would an aircraft carrier be that close to land?
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Probably was pretty far out but the lighthouse felt they were getting a bit close. If you are on Facebook check out this pic,it is the original transcript [link] !/photo.php?pid=11214994&op=3&o=global&view=global&subj=332930452381&id=629545009
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I dont have face book...yet
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