Newfoundland Fishermen Pull Case Of Guns From Ocean

[Semisane]

Sgt. Preston gonna get you Stumpkiller.

 

[Zonie]

"ON KING! ON YOU MIGHTY HUSKY!"
"WOOOF, WOOOF, WOOOF, wooof, wooof........"
:grin:

 

[east texas]

:rotf:

 

[mbokie]

:haha:

In the interest of being fair and balanced:

This is based on an actual radio conversation between a U.S. Navy
aircraft carrier (U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln) and Canadian authorities
off the coast of Newfoundland in October, 1995. (The radio
conversation was released by the Chief of Naval Operations on
10/10/95 authorized by the Freedom of Information Act.)

Canadians: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the South to
avoid collision.

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

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

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

Canadians: No, I say again, you divert YOUR course.

Americans: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS LINCOLN, THE SECOND
LARGEST SHIP IN THE UNITED STATES' ATLANTIC FLEET. WE ARE
ACCOMPANIED BY THREE DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS AND NUMEROUS
SUPPORT 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 UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP.

Canadians: This is a lighthouse. Your call.

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Funny story but the navy denies it. Have no idea but do think it's funny.

Any more on the pics of those rifles?

 

[Stumpkiller]

That joke has been around since long before 1995. ;-)

But like all good jokes there's a ring of truth to it.

 

[matt denison]

(Gust kidding - I like Molsen and everything).[/quote]

Mmm, Molsen Golden! But I really miss Moosehead beer. I drank a bunch of it when I lived in your part of the country, can't get it here. Our northern neighbors sure make good beer.

 

[mbokie]

Yeah, a ring, but running into a lighthouse or imagining there's any sort of anything capable of standing up to, or hostile to the USS Lincoln in Canadian waters is pretty hard to buy.

It's a funny bit, though.

 

[Stumpkiller]

Or thinking the Carrier leads a carrier group. They don't go anywhere that hasn't been screened by surface & sub-searching missile frigates, destroyers, cruisers, etc. and a bunch of air scouts.

When your LAMPS III sonar bouy goes "thud" instead of "beep" - turn around.

Now, if a Harpoon missile hit the lighthouse after exchange two - that I'd believe.

 

[mbokie]

Agreed on all counts.

I seem to recall reading that joke back in, at least the 80s, in a Reader's digest.

 

[Stumpkiller]

Another version (this is the one I'm familiar with)

Dead ahead, through the pitch black night, the captain sees a light on a
collision course with his ship. He sends a signal: “Change your course ten degrees east.”

“Change yours ten degrees west,” comes the reply.

The Captain responds, “I’m a United States Navy captain! Change your course, sir!”

“I’m a seaman second class,” the next message reads. “Change your course, sir.”

The captain is furious. “I’m a battleship! I’m not changing course!”

“I’m a lighthouse. Your call.”

Probably goes back to Admiral Nelson at Fastnet Light with a megaphone.

 

[mbokie]

Sounds right.

Imagine all those threats to a lighthouse, though. And you're the guy in the lighthouse. I would be rolling on the floor.

But if I thought I was about to eat a rocket, I would be on the move. :surrender: :rotf:

 

[Rat Trapper]

So what's the deal on the guns that were found??

 

[gearheart]

Prolly just nuther fishin story. :rotf: :rotf:

 

[rabjr]

I'm beginin to think so... :hmm: