VOICES AT SEA

Actual radio conversation on the ocean:

Voice 1: Please divert your course 15 degrees to port to avoid a collision.

Voice 2: You divert your course 15 degrees to starboard to avoid a collision.

Voice 1: I am the captain of a U.S. Navy frigate. You divert your course.

Voice 2: No. You divert your course.

Voice 1(increasingly angry): This is a large warship of th U.S. Navy. Divert your course now!

Voice 2: This is a lighthouse. Your call.