**An actual conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations:

    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 United States 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 UNITED STATES NAVY. DIVERT YOUR
    COURSE--NOW!

    Station #2: This is the Pudget Sound Lighthouse. It's your
    call.