The following is an actual radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations:

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

#2: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to south to avoid a collision.

#1: This is the captain of a U. S. navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR course.

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

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

#2. This is a lighthouse. Your call.