Tuesday, September 14, 2004

Unnmoveable vs Irresistable

A US Navy ship is travelling in Iraqi waters when they receive this radio message: Please alter your course 15 degrees east to avoid a collision. The ship navigator concurs and advises the ship captain that one of them needs to change course.

The ship captain replies: I am Captain Roger of the USS Dell and I suggest YOU change your course.

The reply is prompt and incenses the captain: I'm going to insist that YOU change your course instead.

The captain replies: I am the Commander of aircraft carrier USS Dell, with enough firepower to blow you out of the water, and we will take action if we perceive and lack of cooperation or aggression toward us. We are not diverting from our charted course!!! Why on earth should we move?!?!

The reply was short: We are a lighthouse.

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